The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company. It is signed as E27 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."
Route description Officially the expressway is referred to as the Kinki Expressway Tsuruga Route. This designation applies to the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway as well as the Chūgoku Expressway beyond Yokawa Junction to Suita Junction.
The route of the expressway connects the coastline of the Japan Sea and the greater Osaka urban area by traversing the mountainous interior of the Kinki region.
Using the expressway to travel between the Chūgoku Expressway, Sanyō Expressway and Hokuriku Expressway is shorter and cheaper than using expressways that traverse a route via the greater Osaka urban area.
The expressway is 4 lanes from Yokawa Junction to Fukuchiyama Interchange and Ayabe Interchange to Ayabe Parking Area and the remainder is 2 lanes. Construction to expand the route to 4 lanes is currently underway on the section between Fukuchiyama Interchange and Ayabe Interchange and Ayabe Parking Area and Maizuru-Nishi Interchange. The speed limit is 80 km/h on 4-laned sections and 70 km/h on 2-laned sections.
History The first section of the expressway was opened to traffic in 1987 and the entire route was completed in 2014.
List of interchanges and features
IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, BR - bridge
No.NameConnectionsDist. fromOriginBus StopNotesLocation6Yokawa JCT0.0MikiHyōgo-Kami-Arakawa PA1.5◆1Sanda-nishi ICPref. Route 92 (Sanda-nishi Inter Route)4.3◆Sanda-Ōkawase Bus Stop◆-Furumori Bus Stop◆Sasayama2Tannan-Sasayamaguchi ICPref. Route 94 (Tannan-Sasayamaguchi Inter Route)22.5◆-Nishiki SA25.6◆-Nakayama Bus Stop◆Tamba3Kasuga IC/JCT36.5○-Ichijima Bus Stop◆-Mutsube PA49.849.9◆For Yokawa, Toyookafor Kyoto, TsurugaFukuchiyamaKyoto4Fukuchiyama IC53.5△5Ayabe ICPref. Route 77 (Ayabe Inter Route)63.9Ayabe6Ayabe JCT68.2-Ayabe PA70.77Maizuru-nishi ICPref. Route 27 (Ikeuchi Kyōda Route)76.3Maizuru8Maizuru-higashi ICPref. Route 28 (Ogura Nishi-Maizuru Route)87.0-Maizuru PA89.89Ōi-Takahama ICPref. Route 16 (Sakamoto Takahama Route)100.0ŌiFukui10Obama-nishi IC111.5Obama-Kato PA112.811Obama ICPref. Route 24 (Obama Kaminaka Route)Pref. Route 267 (Obama Inter Route)122.812Wakasa-Kaminaka ICPref. Route 22 (Kaminaka Tagarasu Route)132.4Wakasa12-1Mikatagoko PA/SIC139.4SIC opening in 201713Wakasa-Mikata IC141.614Wakasa-Mihama IC148.8Mihama15-1Tsuruga-minami SICPref. Route 211 (Yama Kushibayashi Route)155.1SIC opening in 2016Tsuruga3-1Tsuruga JCT161.8
References
External links Central Nippon Expressway Company West Nippon Expressway Company