Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway
The Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway (東広島呉自動車道, Higashihiroshima-Kure Jidōsha-dō) is an national expressway in the southern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. The route connects the city of Higashihiroshima and the San'yō Expressway to the city of Kure on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The route is signed E75 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
| Length | 32.8 km (20.4 mi) |
| Existed | 2006–present |
| Component highways |  National Route 375 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Takaya Junction.png.webp){kind=small}  San'yō Expresswayin Higashihiroshima |
| South end | Aga Interchange National Route 185 in Kure |
| Highway system | |
| National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan | |
Route description
The Higashihiroshima-Kure Expressway was built to relieve traffic along Japan National Route 375 between the cities of Higashihiroshima and Kure. Once the expressway was completed, travel time along the corridor was cut from 90 minutes to 40 minutes.[2]
The speed limit is 80 km/h for the entire route.[3]
Junction list
The entire expressway is in Hiroshima Prefecture.
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Through to Higashihiroshima-Takata Road | |||||||
| Higashihiroshima | 0 | 0.0 | 25-1 | Takaya | San'yō Expressway– Fukuyama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu | Ramps to the San'yō Expressway are tolled, through traffic is not tolled. | |
| 4.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Kamiminaga |  National Route 2– Iwakuni, Hiroshima, Mihara | |||
| 8.7 | 5.4 | 3 | Shimominaga-Fukumoto | Hiroshima Prefecture Route 32 | |||
| 11.7 | 7.3 | 4 | Umaki | National Route 375/Hiroshima Prefecture Route 67– Kure, Kurose, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima | |||
| 16.2 | 10.1 | 4-1 | Otada | Hiroshima Prefecture Route 338– National Route 375 | Northbound entrance, southbound exit | ||
| 20.5 | 12.7 | 5 | Kurose | Hiroshima Prefecture Route 34– Kumano, Higashihiroshima | |||
| Kure | 24.1 | 15.0 | 6 | Gohara | Hiroshima Prefecture Route 66 | ||
| 32.8 | 20.4 | 7 | Aga | National Route 185– Mihara, Ondo, Hiroshima, Central Kure | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- "馬木 (うまき) IC - 黒瀬 (くろせ) IC間が平成27年3月15日（日）に開通します!" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "高規格幹線道路「東広島・呉自動車道」阿賀インターチェンジ立体交差化の整備促進" (pdf) (in Japanese). April 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
