Hanshin Expressway

Route 1 Loop Route of Hanshin Expressway at Shinanobashi, Osaka

Hanshin expressway in Osaka

Gate Tower Building, with Hanshin Expressway going through the 5th-7th floors

The Hanshin Expressway (阪神高速道路, Hanshin Kōsoku-dōro) is a network 239.3 kilometres (148.7 mi) of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited (阪神高速道路株式会社, Hanshin Kōsoku-dōro Kabushiki-gaisha), it opened in 1962.

Portions of the Hanshin Expressway (around 400m east of Fukae Station) collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on January 17, 1995. These sections were rebuilt by 1996. Portions of the Osaka highway are featured in Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3, 3 DX, and 3 DX+.

Routes

Hanshin Expressway

• 1 - Loop Route (central Osaka)
• 2 - Yodogawa-Sagan Route (Hokko-kita - Universal Studios Japan)
• 3 - Kobe Route (Nishi-Nagahori - Amagasaki - Nishinomiya - Kobe)
• 4 - Bayshore Route (Osakako - Rinku Town, Kansai Airport)
• 5 - Bayshore Route (Osakako - Rokko Island)
• 7 - Kita-Kobe Route (Igawadani - Shirakawa - Minotani - Arima - Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi)
• 8 - Kyoto Route (Fushimi - Yamashina)
• 11 - Ikeda Route (Umeda - Toyonaka - Osaka Airport - Kawanishi - Ikeda)
• 12 - Moriguchi Route (Kitahama - Moriguchi)
• 13 - Higashi-Osaka Route (central Osaka - Higashi-Osaka)
• 14 - Matsubara Route (Namba - Hirano - Matsubara)
• 15 - Sakai Route (Sumiyoshi - Suminoe - Sakai)
• 16 - Osakako Route (Nishi-Nagahori - Osakako)
• 17 - Nishi-Osaka Route (Bentencho - Sumiyoshi)
• 31 - Kobe-Yamate Route (Kobe - Shirakawa)
• 32 - Shin-Kobe Tunnel (National Highway Route 2 - Minotani)

References

External links

• Official website

Expressways of Japan
East Nippon Expressway Company	Akita Aomori Ban-etsu Dōtō Hachinohe Higashi-Kantō Hokkaidō Hokuriku Jōban Jōshin-etsu Kamaishi Kan-Etsu Ken-Ō Kita-Kantō Nagano Nihonkai-Tōhoku Sasson Shin-Kūkō Tateyama Tōhoku Tōhoku-Chūō Tokyo Gaikan Yamagata
Central Nippon Expressway Company	Chūbu-Ōdan Chūō Higashi-Meihan Hokuriku Ise Isewangan Ken-Ō Kisei Meishin Nagano Shin-Meishin Shin-Tōmei Tōkai-Hokuriku Tōmei
West Nippon Expressway Company	Chūgoku Hamada Hanwa Harima Higashikyūshū Hiroshima Kanmonkyo Bridge Kansai-Kūkō Kinki Kōchi Kyūshū Maizuru-Wakasa Matsue Matsuyama Meishin Miyazaki Nagasaki Nishi-Meihan Ōita Okayama Okinawa Onomichi San-in Sanyō Shin-Meishin Takamatsu Tokushima Yonago
Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company	Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Nishiseto Seto-Chūō
Urban Expressways	Fukuoka & Kitakyūshū Hanshin Hiroshima Nagoya Shuto Tokyo

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