Matsuyama Expressway Explained

Country:JPN
Type:Expressway
Route:Matsuyama
Map Custom:yes
Length Km:222.3
Length Round:1
Established:1987
Terminus A:Shikokuchūō
Terminus B:Uwajima, Ehime

The is a national expressway in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The expressway is numbered E11 between Kawanoe Junction and Matsuyama Interchange and E56 between Matsuyama and Uwajima-Kita Interchanges under the MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering.[1]

Overview

The first section of the Matsuyama Expressway to open was between Zentsuji and Mishima-Kawanoe interchanges on 16 December 1987. The final section of the expressway (16.3 km between Seiyo-Uwa and Uwajima-Kita interchanges) was opened on 10 March 2012. The route between Ōzu and Ōzu-Kitatada interchanges are officially designated as the Ōzu Road, a bypass of National Route 56. These sections are not classified as national expressways but rather as .

List of interchanges and features

The entire expressway is in Ehime Prefecture. The expressway is a direct extension of the Takamatsu Expressway. Therefore, the distance and exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Takamatsu Expressway, starting at 56.8km (35.3miles).

No.NameConnectionsDist. from
Origin
Bus StopNotesLocation
6Kawanoe JCT Takamatsu Expressway
Kōchi Expressway
56.8Shikokuchūō
PAKamibun PA59.0
7Mishima-Kawanoe IC National Route 11 (Kawanoe-Mishima Bypass)
Pref. Route 333 (Mishima-Kawanoe Port Route)
60.0
8Doi IC National Route 11
Pref. Route 13 (Nyūgawa Niihama Noda Route)
71.0
PAIrino PA74.9
9Niihama ICPref. Route 47 (Niihama Besshiyama Route) 84.3Niihama
10Iyo-Saijō IC93.1Saijō
SAIshizuchiyama SA106.8Known otherwise as “Michinoeki Komatsu Oasis”
11Iyo-Komatsu JCT Imabari-Komatsu Expressway108.6
Iyo-Komatsu IC National Route 11
PASakurasanri PA126.0Tōon
12Kawauchi IC National Route 11130.0
Tōon SICExpected to open in 2023
13Matsuyama IC National Route 33
Matsuyama Soto Kanjō Road
Pref. Route 190 (Kume Habu Route)
141.9Matsuyama
SAIyo-nada SA145.5
145.8
Uwajima-bound
Kawanoe-bound
Iyo
14Iyo IC National Route 56151.9
Nakayama SIC159.7Expected to open in 2023
PAUchiko PA172.7
172.9
Kawanoe-bound
Uwajima-bound
Uchiko
15Uchiko-Ikazaki IC National Route 56175.9
TBŌzu TB182.3Ōzu
16Ōzu IC National Route 56 (Ōzu Road)183.2Uwajima-bound exit, Matsuyama-bound entrance only
17Ōzu-Kita IC184.9Matsuyama-bound exit, Uwajima-bound entrance only
18Ōzu-Fuji IC186.4
19Ōzu-kōnan ICPref. Route 44 (Ōzu Nomura Route)188.7
20Ōzu-Minami IC189.4Uwajima-bound exit, Matsuyama-bound entrance only
21Ōzu-Kitatada IC190.8Matsuyama-bound exit, Uwajima-bound entrance only
TBŌzu-Matsuo TB193.1
22Seiyo-Uwa ICPref. Route 29 (Uwa Nomura Route)
Pref. Route 45 (Uwa Akehama Route)
206.0Seiyo
23Mima ICPref. Route 31 (Uwa Mima Route)
Pref. Route 283 (Hiromi Yoshida Route)
216.9Uwajima
Uwajima-Kita IC222.3
Through to Uwajima Road

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Japan's Expressway Numbering System. www.mlit.go.jp.