Hanshin Expressway
The Hanshin Expressway is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan.
History
Operated by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited, it opened in 1962.Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These sections were rebuilt with more modern standards by 1996. Portions of the Osaka highway are featured in Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, and the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune video games from 3 onwards.
Routes
- 1 - Loop Route
- 2 - Yodogawa-Sagan Route
- 3 - Kobe Route
- 4 - Bayshore Route
- 5 - Bayshore Route
- 6 - Yamatogawa Route
- 7 - Kita-Kobe Route
- 11 - Ikeda Route
- 12 - Moriguchi Route
- 13 - Higashi-Osaka Route
- 14 - Matsubara Route
- 15 - Sakai Route
- 16 - Ōsakakō Route
- 17 - Nishi-Osaka Route
- 31 - Kobe-Yamate Route
- 32 - Shin-Kobe Tunnel
Former Hanshin route
- 8 - Kyoto Route east of same IC )