is a network ( 233.8 Km ) of
expressways surrounding
Osaka and
Kobe,
Japan. Operated by , it opened in
1962.
Portions of the Hanshin Expressway collapsed during the
Kobe earthquake on
January 17,
1995. These sections were rebuilt by 1996. The freeway was designed to be earthquake proof, so it did not break up, but toppled onto its side.
Routes
★ 1 - Loop Route (central Osaka)
★ 2 - Yodogawa Sagan Route (Kita-minato -
Universal Studios Japan)
★ 3 - Kobe Route (Nishi-nagahori - Amagasaki - Nishinomiya - Kobe)
★ 4 - Wangan Route (Osakako -
Rinku Town,
Kansai Airport)
★ 5 - Wangan Route (Osakako -
Rokko Island)
★ 7 - Kita Kobe Route (Igawa - Shirakawa - Arima - Nishinomiya-yamaguchi)
★ 11 - Ikeda Route (
Umeda -
Toyonaka -
Osaka Airport -
Kawanishi -
Ikeda)
★ 12 - Moriguchi Route (Kitahama -
Moriguchi)
★ 13 - Higashi Osaka Route (central Osaka -
Higashi-osaka)
★ 14 - Matsubara Route (
Namba -
Hirano -
Matsubara)
★ 15 - Sakai Route (Sumiyoshi - Suminoe -
Sakai)
★ 16 - Osakako Route (Nishi-nagahori - Osakako)
★ 17 - Nishi Osaka Route (Bentencho - Sumiyoshi)
★ 31 - Kobe Yamate Route (Kobe - Shirakawa)
External links
★
Official website