An exhaust frame connected to an outlet for a combustion gas of a turbine, the exhaust frame comprising: an inner casing; an inner circumferential wall of a diffuser that covers an outer side of the inner casing and defines, between the inner circumferential wall and the inner casing, an annular inner cooling passage connected to a final-stage wheel space of the turbine; an outer circumferential wall of the diffuser that covers an outer side of the inner circumferential wall and defines an exhaust passage for the combustion gas between the outer circumferential wall and the inner circumferential wall; an outer casing that covers an outer side of the outer circumferential wall and defines an annular outer cooling passage between the outer casing and the outer circumferential wall; a strut that connects the inner casing and the outer casing to each other while crossing the exhaust passage; and a strut cover that connects the inner circumferential wall and the outer circumferential wall to each other, covers the strut, and defines, between the strut cover and the strut, an annular connection passage connecting the inner cooling passage and the outer cooling passage to each other, wherein the outer cooling passage is provided with a cooling air introduction hole at a position on an upstream side in the flow direction of the combustion gas as compared to the connection passage, charaterized in that a flow pathway is formed such that cooling air introduced into the outer cooling passage from the cooling air introduction hole passes through the connection passage and flows down to the final-stage wheel space from an outlet of the inner cooling passage, and further characterized in that the exhaust frame comprising: a communication hole (24; 28; 29) provided in a wall of the outer cooling passage at a position on a downstream side of a center line of the strut in a flow direction of the combustion gas, the communication hole (24; 28; 29) being configured to allow part of the cooling air in the outer cooling passage flowing from the cooling air introduction hole toward an inlet of the connection passage to flow out of the outer cooling passage. an inner casing; an inner circumferential wall of a diffuser that covers an outer side of the inner casing and defines, between the inner circumferential wall and the inner casing, an annular inner cooling passage connected to a final-stage wheel space of the turbine; an outer circumferential wall of the diffuser that covers an outer side of the inner circumferential wall and defines an exhaust passage for the combustion gas between the outer circumferential wall and the inner circumferential wall; an outer casing that covers an outer side of the outer circumferential wall and defines an annular outer cooling passage between the outer casing and the outer circumferential wall; a strut that connects the inner casing and the outer casing to each other while crossing the exhaust passage; and a strut cover that connects the inner circumferential wall and the outer circumferential wall to each other, covers the strut, and defines, between the strut cover and the strut, an annular connection passage connecting the inner cooling passage and the outer cooling passage to each other, wherein the outer cooling passage is provided with a cooling air introduction hole at a position on an upstream side in the flow direction of the combustion gas as compared to the connection passage, charaterized in that a flow pathway is formed such that cooling air introduced into the outer cooling passage from the cooling air introduction hole passes through the connection passage and flows down to the final-stage wheel space from an outlet of the inner cooling passage, and further characterized in that the exhaust frame comprising: a communication hole (24; 28; 29) provided in a wall of the outer cooling passage at a position on a downstream side of a center line of the strut in a flow direction of the combustion gas, the communication hole (24; 28; 29) being configured to allow part of the cooling air in the outer cooling passage flowing from the cooling air introduction hole toward an inlet of the connection passage to flow out of the outer cooling passage.