Kyushu Expressway - History

History

• June 30, 1971, a section from Ueki to Kumamoto was opened to traffic
• October 21, 1972, a section from Nankan to Ueki opened to traffic
• November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction to Nankan was opened to traffic
• December 13, 1973, Kajiki Interchange to Satsuma-Yoshida was opened to traffic
• March 13, 1975, Koga Interchange to Tosu Junction was opened to traffic
• March 4, 1976, Ebuno Junction with the Miyazaki Expressway to Ebuno Interchange was opened.
• November 26, 1976, The section was opened to traffic from Kumatoto to Mifune Interchanges
• November 29, 1976, a section from Mizobe Kagoshimna Airport to Kajiki Interchanges was opened
• July 21, 1977, a section from Wakamiya to Koga was open to traffic
• November 15, 1977, a section from Satsuma-Yoshida to Kagoshima-Kita Interchanges was opened
• December 15, 1978, a section from Mifune to Matsubase Interchanges was opened
• March 8, 1979, a section from Wakamiya to Yahata Interchanges was opened
• March 12, 1980, a section from Matsubase to Yatsushiro Interchanges was opened
• March 22, 1980 a section from Kurino to Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport was opened
• October 1, 1981, a section from Ebuno Junction to Kurino Interchange opened made that section ran from Ebuno to Kagoshima-Kita interchanges that time
• March 27, 1984, a section from Moji to Kokura-Higashi was opened which made access to the bridge with Honshū
• March 28, 1985, the Tosu Junction in the west was opened.
• February 5, 1987, the Tosu Junction in the east was opened.
• March 29, 1988, a section from Kagoshima-Kita to Kagoshima was opened with an interchange with the expressway.
• March 31, 1988, a section from Kokura-Higashi to Yahata was opened to traffic
• October 19, 1988, a section in the Kagoshima Interchange with the Minami Kyushu Expressway was opened
• December 7, 1989, a section from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi was opened to traffic
• March 25, 1992, a section in the Kajiki Interchange with the road was opened
• March 31, 1993, the Shin-Moji Interchange was opened
• July 27, 1995, a section from Hitoyoshi to Ebuno was opened to traffic which made the Kyushu Expressway from Moji to Kagoshima fully accessible with no gaps.
• April 20, 1998, the Yatsushiro Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
• December 19, 2001, Kajiki Junction was opened to traffic
• December 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps
• February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway
• March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened
• February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened