Takamatsu Expressway


The Takamatsu Expressway is an expressway in the Shikoku region of Japan. The expressway is numbered E11.

Overview

The expressway is an important route connecting the greater Osaka area with Takamatsu, the capital of Kagawa Prefecture. Beyond Takamatsu, the route follows a westerly course parallel to the Seto Inland Sea to its terminus with Matsuyama Expressway and Kōchi Expressway in Shikokuchūō.
The speed limit is 80 km/h along the majority of the route, there are some 100 km/h sections between Naruto Junction and Tsuda-Higashi Interchange and Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange and Kawanoe Junction.

History

The first section of the Takamatsu Expressway to open was between Zentsuji and Mishima-Kawanoe interchanges on 16 December 1987. The final section of the expressway was opened on 30 March 2003. The long Takamatsu-higashi Road was incorporated into the Takamatsu Expressway on 21 November 2017.

List of interchanges and features

Due to open the expressway from Takamatsu towards Matsuyama, kilometer markers between Naruto Toll Gate and Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange show the distance from Naruto Toll Gate plus 100. Therefore, the exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Takamatsu-Nishi Interchange, starting at 7.

Takamatsu-Nishi IC - Kawanoe JCT

Sakaide Route