Oita Expressway - Oita Expressway

...It consists of two expressways (total length approximately 353 km): the Nagasaki-Oita Line, which crosses Kyushu slightly north from Nagasaki City to Oita City, and the Nobeoka Line, which runs parallel to the Nagasaki Line and crosses slightly south from Mifune Town in Kumamoto Prefecture to Nobeoka City. The former splits into the Nagasaki Expressway and the Oita Expressway at the border of Tosu City, and the entire line of approximately 246 km is open, except for a short section near Nagasaki. The average usage on the open section is 74,000 vehicles/day, and toll revenue is 38.2 billion yen/year.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Oita Expressway" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…九州のやや北寄りを長崎市から大分市に向かって横断する路線(長崎大分線)と，それにほぼ並行してやや南寄りを熊本県の御船町から延岡市に向かって横断する路線(延岡線)の2本の自動車道(総延長約353km)からなる。前者は鳥栖市を境に長崎自動車道と大分自動車道に分かれ，長崎近辺の短区間を除いて全線約246kmが開通。開通区間利用量平均7.4万台/日，料金収入382億円/年。…

※「大分自動車道」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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