Kōchi-Tōbu Expressway


The Kōchi-Tōbu Expressway is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in Kōchi Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The route is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 55 as well E55 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Route description

The speed limit is 80 km/h for the entire route. There is only one lane travelling in each direction along the entirety of the expressway.

History

The existing portions of the expressway opened in five phases between March 2011 and April 2016.

Future

The remainder of the route is planned to be opened to traffic in phases between 2020 and 2020. It is unknown when the section between Kochi Ryoma Airport Interchange and Konan-Noichi Interchange.

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Kōchi Prefecture.