The is a national expressway in

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. It is owned and operated by

West Nippon Expressway Company The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered on the 19th floor of Dojima Avanza in Kita-ku, Osaka. The company was established on October 1, 2005, as a result of the privatization ...

. It is signed as E29 under the

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's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Naming

The expressway is officially referred to as the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route. The Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route is the official designation for the Sanyō Expressway between Sanyō Himeji-Nishi Interchange and Harima Junction, the Harima Expressway between Harima Junction and Yamazaki Junction, the

Chūgoku Expressway The (part of Asian Highway Network ) is an expressway in Japan, which extends from Suita, Osaka to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. It connects Kansai and Chūgoku regions in western Honshu, Japan's main island. Other major cities along the express ...

between Yamazaki Junction and Sayo Junction, and the Tottori Expressway between Sayo Junction and Tottori Interchange (concurrent with the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Himeji Tottori Route).

Route description

The route is a

two-lane expressway A two-lane expressway or two-lane freeway is an limited-access road, expressway or controlled-access highway, freeway with only one lane (road), lane in each direction, and usually no Jersey barrier, median barrier. It may be built that way becau ...

for its entire length, with some overtaking areas. The speed limit is 70 km/h.

History

The first section of the expressway was opened in 2003. As of August 2019, that long section between the Sanyō Expressway and Hyōgo Prefecture Route 726 is still the only part of it open to traffic.

Future

The Harima Expressway is planned to be completed between its current northern terminus at Hyōgo Prefecture Route 726 and the Chūgoku Expressway in 2021. Upon completion, the total length of the expressway will be .

Junction list

The entire expressway is in

References

External links

West Nippon Expressway Company
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harima Expressway Expressways in Japan Roads in Hyōgo Prefecture Harima Science Garden City 2003 establishments in Japan