Kyushu Chūō Expressway

The Kyushu Chūō Expressway (九州中央自動車道, Kyūshū-Chūō Jidōsha-dō) is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in that crosses the island of Kyushu, namely in Kumamoto Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), but has a short section maintained and tolled by the West Nippon Expressway Company at its western terminus at the Kyushu Expressway. The route is signed E77 under MLIT's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Kyushu Chūō Expressway
九州中央自動車道
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Length	95 km (59 mi)
Existed	2006–present
Major junctions
West end	Kashima Junction Kyushu Expressway in Kashima, Kumamoto
East end	Nobeoka Interchange Higashikyushu Expressway National Route 10 in Nobeoka, Miyazaki
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Interchanges

• IC - interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, BR - bridge, TB - toll gate
• Bus stops labeled "○" are currently in use; those marked "◆" are closed.

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Bus stop	Notes	Location
15-2	Kashima JCT	Kyushu Expressway	0.0			Kumamoto	Kashima
TB	Mashiki TB		0.9				Mashiki
1	Oike-Takayama IC	National Route 443 (Tsuchiyama Bypass)	1.8				Mifune
2	Ueno-Yoshimuta IC	Pref. Route 221 (Tashiro Mifune Route)
3	Yamato Nakashima-Nishi IC	National Route 445	12.6				Yamato
-	Kita-Nakashima IC	National Route 445 Pref. Route 152 (Inanoo Kōsa Route)			Planned
-	Yabe IC	National Route 218	23.0		Planned
18 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by National Route 218
-	Soyō IC		-		Planned
-	Gokase-Nishi IC		-		Planned	Miyazaki	Gokase
-	Gokase-Higashi IC	National Route 218 (Gokase Takachiho Road)	0.0		Planned northbound exit, southbound entrance
-	Takachiho IC	National Route 218 (Gokase Takachiho Road)	9.2		Planned		Takachiho
Planned
-	Makado Intersection	National Route 218 (Takachiho Hinokage Road) Pref. Route 7 (Ogata Takachiho Route)			Planned Beginning of concurrency with Takachiho Hinokage Road.
0.6 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by National Route 218
	Unkai-bashi Intersection		0.0		South end of concurrency with Takachiho Hinokage Road.
	Hinokage-Fukasumi IC		2.8				Hinokage
-	Hirasoko Intersection	National Route 218 (Takachiho Hinokage Road)	5.1
16 km gap in the expressway, connection is made by National Route 218
	Kurata Intersection	National Route 218 (Kitakata Nobeoka Road)	0.0				Nobeoka
	Kitagata IC	Pref. Route 242 (Kitagata Interchange Route)	4.6
	Maino IC	National Route 218	11.0		northbound exit, southbound entrance
22	Nobeoka JCT/IC	Higashikyushu Expressway National Route 10 (Nobeoka Road) Nobeoka Interchange Road	13.1	○