Naha Airport Expressway Explained

Country:JPN
Type:Expressway
Route:Naha Airport
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:The Naha Airport Expressway highlighted in red
Length Km:11.7
Length Ref:[1]
Established:2000
Direction A:East
Terminus A:Nishihara Junction in Nishihara
Direction B:West
Terminus B:Tomigusuku-Nakachi Interchange in Tomigusuku
/ Okinawa Prefecture Route 256
Previous Type:Route
Previous Route:505
Next Type:Route
Next Route:507

The is an expressway on Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The expressway has a length of 11.7km (07.3miles). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism maintains most of the expressway, but the West Nippon Expressway Company is the owner and operator of a short section of the expressway at its eastern end. It is signed E58 as a spur route of the Okinawa Expressway under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering".[2] It also carries the entire length of National Route 506.[1]

History

The Naha Airport Expressway first opened on 23 June 2000 between its eastern terminus at the junction with the Okinawa Expressway and Haebaru-minami Interchange. It was extended further west on 26 April 2003 from Haebaru-minami Interchange to Tomigusuku Interchange. It was extended to its current western terminus at Tomigusuku-Nakachi Interchange on 22 March 2008.[3]

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Okinawa Prefecture.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 一般国道の路線別、都道府県別道路現況. Road statistics by General National Highway route and prefecture. ja. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 3 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Japan's Expressway Numbering System. www.mlit.go.jp.
  3. Web site: 一般国道506号豊見城東道路. General National Route 506 Tomigusuku East Road. ja. 2009. 3 September 2020.