Tokushima Expressway

Tokushima Expressway
徳島自動車道
Route information
Length	105.8 km (65.7 mi)
Existed	1994–present
Major junctions
From	Naruto, Tokushima
To	Shikokuchūō
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Tokushima Expressway (徳島自動車道, Tokushima Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Shikoku region of Japan. The expressway is numbered E11 between Naruto and Tokushima Junctions and E32 between Tokushima and Kawanoe-Higashi Junctions under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.

Overview

The first section of the Takamatsu Expressway to open was between Aizumi and Wakimachi interchanges on 17 March 1994. The final section of the expressway (21.5 km between Ikawa-Ikeda Interchange and Kawanoe-Higashi Junction) was opened on 11 March 2000.

The route is 2 lanes for its entire length, with some overtaking areas. The speed limit is 70 km/h.

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

Kilometer markers between Naruto Junction and Tokushima Interchange show the distance from Naruto Junction plus 300 (the marker at Naruto Junction is 300.0 while the marker at Tokushima Interchange is 310.1). Therefore, the distance numbers reset at the Tokushima Interchange, starting at 0.1 kilometres (0.062 mi).

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Bus Stop	Notes	Location
7	Naruto JCT	Takamatsu Expressway	300.0			Naruto	Tokushima
1-1	Matsushige PA/SIC	Pref. Route 40 (Tokushima Airport Route)	302.5			Matsushige
	Tokushima JCT	Shikoku-Ōdan Expressway	308.5		Expected to open in 2021	Tokushima
1	Tokushima IC	National Route 11 (Yoshinogawa Bypass)	310.1
TB	Tokushima TB		3.1		abandoned on June 4, 2013
2	Aizumi IC	Pref. Route 1 (Tokushima Hiketa Route)	9.1			Aizumi
PA	Kamiita PA		15.9 16.7	○	Kawanoe-bound Naruto-bound	Kamiita
3	Donari IC	National Route 318	22.3	△		Awa
PA	Awa PA/SIA		37.1 37.4	○	Naruto-bound Kawanoe-bound SIA planned
4	Wakimachi IC	National Route 193	41.2	○		Mima
5	Mima IC	National Route 438	52.7	△
5-1	Yoshinogawa PA/SIC		68.5	○	SIC: Open 06:00-22:00 incl. Yoshinogawa Bus Stop	Higashimiyoshi
6	Ikawa-Ikeda IC	National Route 32 National Route 192	73.8			Miyoshi
PA	Ikeda PA		86.8
7	Kawanoe-Higashi JCT	Kōchi Expressway	95.3			Shikokuchūō	Ehime
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access

External links

• (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company