# Ikeda Route

The Ikeda Route (池田線, Ikeda-sen), signed as Route 11, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Japan. It is a radial route that travels in a south to north direction from central Osaka to Itami Airport and Ikeda, with a length of 14.2 kilometers (8.8 mi). Along with its spur route, it has a total length of 21.6 kilometers (13.4 mi).

## Route description

The Ikeda Route begins at Nakanoshima Junction in Nishi-ku, Osaka, where it meets the Loop Route. Curving to the north just south of Osaka Station, the expressway serves the station and the Umeda commercial, business, shopping, and entertainment district. The southbound exit ramp to the area is the Ikeda Route's most notable feature, an exit ramp that passes through the Gate Tower Building, taking up part of the building's fifth, sixth, and seventh floors.
From there it travels northwest from central Osaka, crossing the Yodo River. After this, the expressway crosses through the city's Nishiyodogawa and Yodogawa wards, then it crosses into the city of Toyonaka where it curves to the north. In Toyonaka it meets the Meishin Expressway at Toyonaka Interchange. Approaching the vicinity of Itami Airport, it slowly begins to curve to the northwest again. An interchange connects the airport to the expressway. Just north of the airport interchange, the spur route of the Ikeda Route begins, heading northwest, while the main route meets its northern terminus just beyond the junction. The main route ends at an at-grade intersection with National Route 176 and Osaka Prefecture Route 10 just south of the Ikeda Interchange on the Chūgoku Expressway.

## History

The first section of what come to be known as the Ikeda Route opened in 1965 between the Loop Route and Umeda. The spur of the Ikeda Route was completed in 1998.

## List of interchanges

The entire expressway lies within Osaka Prefecture.
| Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
| Osaka | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | Nakanoshima | Loop Route – to Kinki Expressway | Southern terminus |
| Osaka | 0.5 | 0.31 | 11-01 | Deiribashi | National Route 2 – Osaka Station, Nodahanshin, Umeda-shinmichi | Northbound exit only |
| Osaka | 0.6 | 0.37 | 11-02 | Nakanoshima | Unnamed city street | Northbound entrance only |
| Osaka | 1.0 | 0.62 | 11-03 | Umeda | Kujō-Umeda Route – Osaka Station | Northbound entrance, southbound exit |
| Osaka | 1.8 | 1.1 | 11-04 | Fukushima | Naniwa-suji – Fukushima, Umeda, Ebie | Northbound entrance, southbound exit |
| Osaka | 3.6 | 2.2 | 11-05 | Tsukamoto | Himejima-dōri – Jūsō, Himejima | Northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| Osaka | 5.4 | 3.4 | 11-06 | Kashima | Osaka Prefecture Route 10 (Mitejima-suji) – Toyonaka, Jūsō, Amagasaki | Northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| Toyonaka | 8.6 | 5.3 | 11-07 | Toyonaka | Meishin Expressway – Nishinomiya, Kyoto | |
| Toyonaka | 8.6– 9.8 | 5.3– 6.1 | 11-08 | Toyonaka-minami | Osaka Prefecture Route 10 (Osaka-Ikeda Route) | |
| Toyonaka | 12.0 | 7.5 | 11-09 | Toyonaka-kita | Osaka Prefecture Route 10 (Osaka-Ikeda Route) – Itami | Northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| Toyonaka | 12.7 | 7.9 | | Osaka Airport Toll Booth | | Tolls are collected only for southbound traffic here |
| Toyonaka | 13.2 | 8.2 | 11-10 | Osaka Airport | Osaka Airport | Northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| Toyonaka | 13.4 | 8.3 | – | Hotarugaike | Ikeda Route (spur route) north – Nose, Kameoka, Kawanishi-Obana | Northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| Ikeda | 14.2 | 8.8 | 11-11 | Ikeda | National Route 176 / Osaka Prefecture Route 10 – to Chūgoku Expressway | Northern terminus of main route; northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access |||||||

## Spur route

The Ikeda Route has a spur route that travels north from its southern terminus with the main route of the Ikeda Route at Hotarugaike Junction in Toyonaka to its northern terminus at National Route 173 in Ikeda.

### Route description

The spur of the Ikeda Route begins at Hotarugaike Junction in Toyonaka where it meets its parent route. The expressway travels around the northeastern edge of Itami Airport, briefly crossing into Itami, Hyōgo before crossing back into the city of Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture. The expressway then begins paralleling the Ina River as it travels north toward Kawanishi, once again briefly switching to the opposite shore of the river in Hyōgo Prefecture, before returning into Osaka. The route meets its northern terminus at an interchange with national routes 173 and 423 just north of Satsukiyama Zoo.

### List of interchanges

| Prefecture | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
| Osaka | Toyonaka | 13.4 | 8.3 | – | Hotarugaike | Ikeda Route (main route) south | Southern terminus of the spur route; northbound entrance, southbound exit |
| Osaka | Ikeda | 17.6 | 10.9 | 11-12 | Koda | National Route 176 south – to Osaka Airport | Northbound entrance, southbound exit |
| Hyōgo | Kawanishi | 18.7 | 11.6 | 11-13 | Kawanishi-Obana | National Route 176 – Takarazuka, Central Kawanishi, Osaka, Ikeda | Northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| Osaka | Ikeda | 20.8 | 12.9 | 11-14 / 11-15 | Ikeda-Kibe | National Route 423 north – Kameoka National Route 176 north – Nose | Northern terminus of spur route; northbound exit, southbound entrance |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access ||||||||