# Kyushu Expressway

Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道, Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō) (Asian Highway Network AH1) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashikyushu Expressway and the Ibusuki Skyline. It runs through the prefectures of Fukuoka, the eastern half of the Saga, Kumamoto, Miyazaki (Ebino only) and the Kagoshima prefectures. The freeway runs entirely on the island of Kyūshū. The total length is 346.2 km. It does not cover Ōita or Nagasaki.

## History

* June 30, 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
* October 21, 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
* November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
* December 13, 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida was opened to traffic
* March 13, 1975, Koga Interchange to Tosu Junction was opened to traffic
* March 4, 1976, Ebuno Junction with the Miyazaki Expressway to Ebuno Interchange was opened.
* November 26, 1976, The section was opened to traffic from Kumatoto to Mifune Interchanges
* November 29, 1976, a section from Mizobe Kagoshimna Airport to Kajiki Interchanges was opened
* July 21, 1977, a section from Wakamiya to Koga was open to traffic
* November 15, 1977, a section from Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
* December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
* March 8, 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
* March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro Interchanges was opened
* March 22, 1980 a section from Kurino to Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport was opened
* October 1, 1981, a section from Ebuno Junction to Kurino Interchange opened made that section ran from Ebuno to Kagoshima-Kita interchanges that time
* March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
* March 28, 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
* February 5, 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
* March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
* March 31, 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
* October 19, 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
* December 7, 1989, a section from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi was opened to traffic
* March 25, 1992, a section in the Kajiki Interchange with the road was opened
* March 31, 1993, the Shin-Moji Interchange was opened
* July 27, 1995, a section from Hitoyoshi to Ebuno was opened to traffic which made the Kyushu Expressway from Moji to Kagoshima fully accessible with no gaps.
* April 20, 1998, the Yatsushiro Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
* December 19, 2001, Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic
* December 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
* February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
* March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
* February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
* April 14, 2016, Many sections of the expressway were damaged during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
* April 29, 2016, The expressway reopened.

## List of interchanges and features

* IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge
* Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.
| Number | Name | Connections | Distance from Moji(Km) | Bus Stop | Notes | Location | Location |
| Through to Kanmon Bridge ||||||||
| 1 | Moji IC | Kitakyushu Expressway 4 Pref. Route 72 (Kurokawa Shiranoe Higashihonmachi Route) | 0.0 | | | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| - | Hata BS | - | 4.1 | ◆ | | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| 1-1 | Shin-Moji Interchange | Pref. Route 71 (Shin-Moji Port Dairi Route) | 4.4 | | Only accessible for Fukuoka | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| - | Kishi PA | - | 6.2 | | | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| - | Kuzuhara BS | - | 11.2 | ◆ | | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| 2 | Kokura-Higashi IC | Kitakyushu Expressway 1 National Route 10 (Sone Bypass) | 13.4 | | | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| 2-1 | Kitakyushu JCT | Higashikyushu Expressway | 16.5 | | | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| 3 | Kokura-Minami IC | National Route 322 | 20.2 | ○ | | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| 4 | Yahata IC | Kitakyushu Expressway 4 National Route 200 (Nogata Bypass) | 31.4 | ○ | Kitakyushu Expressway←→Hiroshima: no access | Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
| - | Nogata PA | - | 34.9 | ○ | Only accessible for Hiroshima | Nogata | Fukuoka |
| 4-1 | Kurate IC | Pref. Route 472 (Nogata Kurate Route) | 36.1 | | | Kurate | Fukuoka |
| - | Kurate PA | - | 36.3 | | Only accessible for Fukuoka | Kurate | Fukuoka |
| 4-2 | Miyata SIC | Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) via Miyawaka city road | 42.1 | | Only accessible for Fukuoka | Miyawaka | Fukuoka |
| 5 | Wakamiya IC | Pref. Route 9 (Muroki Shimoariki Wakamiya Route) | 45.2 | ○ | | Miyawaka | Fukuoka |
| - | Koga SA | - | 54.5 | | | Koga | Fukuoka |
| 6 | Koga IC | National Route 3 (Kashii Bypass) Pref. Route 35 (Chikushino Koga Route) | 57.7 | | | Koga | Fukuoka |
| - | Aoyagi BS | - | 58.7 | ○ | | Koga | Fukuoka |
| - | Tachibanayama BS | - | 62.9 | ○ | | Shingu | Fukuoka |
| - | Tachibanayama BS | - | 62.9 | ○ | | Hisayama | Fukuoka |
| 7 | Fukuoka IC | Fukuoka Expressway 4 National Route 201 | 68.3 | ◆ | | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
| 7-1 | Sue PA/SIC | Pref. Route 91 (Shime Sue Route) | 73.4 | ◆ | | Sue | Fukuoka |
| - | Umi BS | - | 75.4 | ○ | | Umi | Fukuoka |
| 8 | Dazaifu IC | Fukuoka Expressway 2 National Route 3 (Fukuoka-Minami Bypass) | 80.1 | ◆ | | Dazaifu | Fukuoka |
| - | Chikushino BS | - | 84.9 | ○ | | Chikushino | Fukuoka |
| 8-1 | Chikushino IC | Pref. Route 7 (Chikushino Interchange Route) | 86.9 | | | Chikushino | Fukuoka |
| - | Kiyama PA | - | 90.8 | ○ | | Kiyama | Saga |
| 9 | Tosu JCT/IC | Nagasaki Expressway Ōita Expressway National Route 3 / National Route 34 | 96.1 | | | Tosu | Saga |
| - | Ajisaka SIC | | | | Planned | Ogōri | Fukuoka |
| - | Miyanojin BS | - | 102.5 | ○ | | Kurume | Fukuoka |
| 10 | Kurume IC | National Route 3 (Tosu Kurume Road) National Route 322 | 105.4 | ○ | | Kurume | Fukuoka |
| 10-1 | Hirokawa IC | Pref. Route 84 (Hirokawa Jōyō Route) | 113.2 | ○ | Bus stop: northbound only | Hirokawa | Fukuoka |
| - | Hirokawa SA | - | 113.6 | ○ | Bus stop: southbound only Hirokawa IC←→SA: no access | Hirokawa | Fukuoka |
| 11 | Yame IC | National Route 442 (Yame Chikugo Bypass) | 118.4 | ○ | | Yame | Fukuoka |
| 11 | Yame IC | National Route 442 (Yame Chikugo Bypass) | 118.4 | ○ | | Chikugo | Fukuoka |
| - | Setaka BS | - | 122.4 | ○ | | Miyama | Fukuoka |
| 11-1 | Miyama-Yanagawa IC | Pref. Route 775 (Motoyoshi Ogawa Route) | 125.6 | | | Miyama | Fukuoka |
| - | Yamakawa PA | - | 128.0 | ○ | | Miyama | Fukuoka |
| 12 | Nankan IC | Pref. Route 5 (Omuta Nankan Route) Pref. Route 10 (Nankan Omuta-Kita Route) | 135.0 | | | Nankan | Kumamoto |
| - | Kobaru BS | - | 138.8 | ○ | | Nankan | Kumamoto |
| - | Tamana PA | - | 142.7 | | | Nankan | Kumamoto |
| 13 | Kikusui IC | Pref. Route 16 (Tamana Yamaga Route) | 146.6 | ○ | | Nagomi | Kumamoto |
| - | Kaou BS | - | 153.6 | ○ | | Yamaga | Kumamoto |
| 14 | Ueki IC | National Route 3 | 157.3 | ○ | | Kita-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| 14-1 | Kita-Kumamoto SIC | Pref. Route 30 (Ozu Ueki Route) via Kumamoto city road | 162.0 | | | Kita-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| - | Kita-Kumamoto SA | - | 162.2 | | | Kita-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| - | Nishi-Kōshi BS | - | 165.7 | ○ | | Kōshi | Kumamoto |
| - | Musashigaoka BS | - | 169.0 | ○ | | Kita-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| 15 | Kumamoto IC | National Route 57 (Kumamoto-Higashi Bypass) | 171.2 | | | Higashi-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| - | Takuma PA | - | 174.3 | | | Higashi-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| 15-1 | Mashiki-Kumamoto Airport IC | Pref. Route 36 (Kumamoto Mashiki Ozu Route) | 176.4 | | | Mashiki | Kumamoto |
| - | Mashiki BS | - | 177.5 | ○ | | Mashiki | Kumamoto |
| 15-2 | Kashima JCT | Kyushu Chūō Expressway | 180.7 | | | Mifune | Kumamoto |
| 16 | Mifune IC | National Route 445 | 183.1 | ◆ | | Mifune | Kumamoto |
| - | Midorikawa PA | - | 186.7 | | | Minami-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| - | Midorikawa PA | - | 186.7 | | | Kōsa | Kumamoto |
| 16-1 | Jōnan BS/ SIC | Pref. Route 38 (Uto Kōsa Route) | 189.0 | ○ | | Minami-ku, Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
| 17 | Matsubase IC | National Route 218 | 195.1 | ◆ | | Uki | Kumamoto |
| 17-1 | Hikawa Takatsuka BS/Uki Hikawa SIC | National Route 3 via Hikawa town road | 204.0 | ◆ | | Hikawa | Kumamoto |
| - | Miyahara SA | - | 208.8 | ○ | | Hikawa | Kumamoto |
| 18 | Yatsushiro IC | National Route 3 | 213.5 | ○ | | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto |
| 18-1 | Yatsushiro JCT | Minamikyushu Expressway | 214.6 | | Only accessible for Fukuoka | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto |
| - | Sakamoto PA | - | 222.1 | ◆ | | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto |
| - | Ayugaeri BS | - | 230.2 | ◆ | | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto |
| - | Higo TN | - | | | Length 6,340m Dangerous goods forbidden | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto |
| - | Higo TN | - | | | Length 6,340m Dangerous goods forbidden | Yamae | Kumamoto |
| - | Koduru BS | - | 242.4 | ◆ | | Yamae | Kumamoto |
| - | Yamae SA | - | 248.0 | ◆ | | Yamae | Kumamoto |
| 19 | Hitoyoshi IC | Pref. Route 54 (Hitoyoshi Interchange Route) | 252.0 | ○ | | Yamae | Kumamoto |
| 19 | Hitoyoshi IC | Pref. Route 54 (Hitoyoshi Interchange Route) | 252.0 | ○ | | Hitoyoshi | Kumamoto |
| - | Hitoyoshi TB | - | 252.1 | | Abandoned on July 27, 1995 | Hitoyoshi | Kumamoto |
| 19-1 | Hitoyoshi-Kuma SIC | National Route 219 | 256.2 | - | incl. Hitoyoshi-Minami Bus Stop BS location TBD | Hitoyoshi | Kumamoto |
| - | Hitoyoshi Temporary Interchange | National Route 219 | 256.2 | | Abandoned on July 27, 1995 | Hitoyoshi | Kumamoto |
| - | Hitoyoshi-Minami BS | - | 256.4 | ◆ | closed by replacement | Hitoyoshi | Kumamoto |
| - | Kakutō TN | - | | | Length 6,264m Dangerous goods forbidden | Hitoyoshi | Kumamoto |
| - | Kakutō TN | - | | | Length 6,264m Dangerous goods forbidden | Ebino | Miyazaki |
| - | Ebino PA | - | 271.9 | | | Ebino | Miyazaki |
| 20 | Ebino IC | National Route 268 | 274.3 | ○ | | Ebino | Miyazaki |
| 21 | Ebino JCT | Miyazaki Expressway | 276.4 | | | Ebino | Miyazaki |
| - | Yoshimatsu PA | - | 281.6 | ○ | | Yūsui | Kagoshima |
| 22 | Kurino IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) | 290.0 | | | Yūsui | Kagoshima |
| 23 | Yokogawa IC | Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) | 296.0 | | | Kirishima | Kagoshima |
| - | Mizobe PA | - | 302.7 | | | Kirishima | Kagoshima |
| - | Kagoshima Airport-Minami BS | - | 308.6 | ○ | | Kirishima | Kagoshima |
| 24 | Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport IC | National Route 504 | 309.8 | | | Kirishima | Kagoshima |
| 25-1 25 | Kajiki JCT Kajiki IC | Higashikyushu Expressway National Route 10 (Kajiki Bypass) Pref. Route 55 (Kurino Kajiki Route) | 317.5 | | | Aira | Kagoshima |
| - | Chōsa BS | - | 322.2 | ○ | | Aira | Kagoshima |
| 25-2 | Sakurajima SA/SIC | | 323.6 | | SIC:Only accessible for Kagoshima | Aira | Kagoshima |
| 26 | Aira IC | Pref. Route 57 (Fumoto Shigetomi Teishajō Route) | 326.2 | | | Aira | Kagoshima |
| - | Honjō BS | - | 330.6 | ◆ | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| 27 | Satsuma-Yoshida IC | Pref. Route 16 (Kagoshima Yoshida Route) | 334.8 | | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| - | Kagoshima TB | - | 336.7 | | Toll Barrier | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| 28 | Kagoshima-Kita IC | National Route 3 Pref. Route 18 (Kagoshima-Kita Interchange Route) | 341.9 | | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| - | Ishiki BS | - | 342.0 | ○ | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| 29 | Kagoshima IC | Minamikyushu Expressway National Route 3 (Kagoshima Bypass) | 346.2 | | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima |
| Through to Ibusuki Skyline ||||||||
* The section between Yatsushiro Junction and Ebino Interchange consists of tunnels that run in the mountainous areas; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.

## Lanes

* 6-lane, Dazaifu to Kurume Interchanges
* 4-lane, Moji to Dazaifu Interchange and from Kurume to Kagoshima Interchanges