Minami-Hanna Road (南阪奈道路, Minami-Hanna Dōro) is a national expressway in the Kinki region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company. The route is signed E91 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]
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 南阪奈道路 | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by West Nippon Expressway Company | |
| Length | 16.9 km (10.5 mi) |
| Existed | March 2004–present |
| Component highways |   National Route 165 / National Route 166 |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Mihara Junction |
| East end | Katsuragi Interchange |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Major cities | Habikino, Taishi, Katsuragi |
| Highway system | |
Route description edit
Minami-Hanna Road passes through Mihara-ku, Sakai, Sakai, Habikino, back into Mihara-ku, Sakai, and Habikino, back into Mihara-ku, Sakai, Habikino, and finally Taishi in Osaka Prefecture. It then crosses into Katsuragi in Nara Prefecture.
Naming edit
Hanna is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Osaka (大阪) and the second character represents Nara (奈良). Minami (南) means south.
History edit
Construction on the toll road was completed on 28 March 2004. After opening, the road was managed by the Osaka Prefecutural Road Public Corporation and Japan Highway Public Corporation.
On 1 April 2018, the Osaka Prefecutural Road Public Corporation transferred ownership between Mihara Junction and Habikino Interchange and the tolling of the road to NEXCO West Japan.[2]
Junction list edit
TB= Toll booth
| Prefecture | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka | Mihara-ku, Sakai | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12-1 | Mihara |  Hanwa Expressway | Western terminus |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | Mihara | Osaka Prefecture Route 32 – Sakai, Taishi, Osaka Prefecture Route 36 – Izumiōtsu | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | ||
| TB | Tajihaya Toll Gate | Eastbound tollbooth | |||||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 2 | Mihara-higashi | Osaka Prefecture Route 32 | Westbound entrance, eastbound exit | ||
| Habikino | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Habikino |  National Route 170 – Takatsuki, Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture Route 32 | ||
| 7.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Habikino-higashi | National Route 166 – Yamatotakada, Matsusaka | Westbound entrance, eastbound exit | ||
| Taishi | 9.5 | 5.9 | 5/TB | Taishi | |||
| Osaka / Nara border | Takeuchi Tunnel; marking the border between Osaka and Nara prefectures | ||||||
| Nara | Katsuragi | 15.8 | 9.8 | 6 | Katsuragi | National Route 166, Nara Prefecture Route 30 – Gose, Kashiba | Westbound entrance, eastbound exit |
| 16.9 | 10.5 | — | Shinjō |  National Route 24 / National Route 165 / National Route 166 (Yamato-Takada Bypass) | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References edit
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- ^ "平成30年4月1日からの近畿圏の新たな高速道路料金について". West Nippon Expressway Company (in Japanese). 2 March 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
External links edit
- (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company
- (in Japanese) Osaka Prefecutural Road Public Corporation
