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{{short description|Highway network in Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto in Japan}}
{{infobox highway system
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| title      = Hanshin Expressway
| markers    = [[File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0001.svg|63px]] [[File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0003.svg|63px]] [[File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0032.svg|63px]]
| caption    = [[Highway shield|Highway markers]] for the [[Loop Route]], the [[Kobe Route]], and the [[Shin-Kobe Tunnel]]
| map        = File:Hanshin_Expressway_en.svg
| map_notes  = The Hanshin Expressway network in [[Keihanshin]]
| map_alt    =
| maint      = Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
| length_km  = 239.3
| length_ref = 
| formed     = {{start date|1962|05|01|df=y}}
| links      = 
}}
[[Image:Route 1 Loop Route.JPG|thumb|The [[Loop Route]] of the Hanshin Expressway at Shinanobashi, Osaka]]
[[Image:Hokko-nishi IC Osaka JPN 001.jpg|thumb|Hanshin Expressway in Osaka]]
[[Image:Building penetrated by an expressway 001 OSAKA JPN.jpg|thumb|[[Gate Tower Building]], with the [[Ikeda Route]] of the Hanshin Expressway going through the 5th-7th floors]]
The {{Nihongo|'''Hanshin Expressway'''|阪神高速道路|Hanshin Kōsoku Dōro|{{IPA|ja|haɰ̃.ɕiŋ koː.so.kɯ doꜜː.ɾo}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=[[Sanseidō]]|date=10 March 2025|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a {{convert|239.3|km|mi|sp=us|adj=mid|-long}} network<!--as of opening of first section of Kyoto Route on January 19, 2008--> of [[Controlled-access highway|expressways]] surrounding [[Osaka]], [[Kobe]] and [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]]. 

== History ==
Operated by {{Nihongo|'''Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited'''|阪神高速道路株式会社|Hanshin Kōsoku-dōro Kabushiki-gaisha}}, it opened in 1962.

Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about {{convert|400|m|ft|sp=us}} east of [[Fukae Station]] collapsed during the [[Great Hanshin earthquake|Kobe earthquake]] on 17 January 1995. These sections were rebuilt with more modern standards by 1996. Portions of the Osaka highway are featured in ''[[Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3]]'', and the ''[[Wangan Midnight#Video games|Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune]]'' video games from 3 onwards.

==Routes==
*1 - [[Loop Route]] (Central Osaka)
*2 - [[Yodogawa-Sagan Route]] (Hokko-kita - [[Universal Studios Japan]])
*3 - [[Kobe Route]] (Nishi-Nagahori - [[Amagasaki]] - [[Nishinomiya]] - Kobe)
*4 - [[Bayshore Route (Port of Osaka-Kansai International Airport)|Bayshore Route]] ([[Port of Osaka|Osakako]] - [[Rinku Town]], [[Kansai International Airport|Kansai Airport]])
*5 - [[Bayshore Route (Port of Osaka-Kobe)|Bayshore Route]] (Osakako - [[Rokko Island]])
*6 - [[Yamatogawa Route]] ([[Sakai]] - [[Matsubara, Osaka|Matsubara]])
*7 - [[Kita-Kobe Route]] (Igawadani - Shirakawa - Minotani - [[Arima Onsen|Arima]] - Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi)
*11 - [[Ikeda Route]] ([[Umeda]] - [[Toyonaka, Osaka|Toyonaka]] - [[Osaka International Airport|Osaka Airport]] - [[Kawanishi, Hyogo|Kawanishi]] - [[Ikeda, Osaka|Ikeda]]) 
*12 - [[Moriguchi Route]] (Kitahama - [[Moriguchi, Osaka|Moriguchi]])
*13 - [[Higashi-Osaka Route]] (Central Osaka - [[Higashi-osaka, Osaka|Higashi-Osaka]])
*14 - [[Matsubara Route]] ([[Namba]] - [[Hirano-ku, Osaka|Hirano]] - Matsubara)
*15 - [[Sakai Route]] ([[Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka|Sumiyoshi]] - [[Suminoe-ku, Osaka|Suminoe]] - Sakai)
*16 - [[Ōsakakō Route]] (Nishi-Nagahori - Osakako)
*17 - [[Nishi-Osaka Route]] (Bentencho - Sumiyoshi)
*31 - [[Kobe-Yamate Route]] (Kobe - Shirakawa)
*32 - [[Shin-Kobe Tunnel]] (National Highway Route 2 - Minotani)

===Former Hanshin route===
*8 - Kyoto Route ([[Fushimi-ku, Kyoto|Fushimi]] - [[Yamashina-ku, Kyoto|Yamashina]]) (transferred to [[West Nippon Expressway Company]] and [[Kyoto City]], renamed to E89 [[Second Keihan Highway]] southwest of Kamogawa-Higashi interchange, and Shinjūjōdōri ({{langx|ja|新十条通}}) east of same IC (also free opened))<ref>{{cite news|title=平成31年春からの近畿圏の新たな高速道路料金について|author=West Nippon Expressway Company|url=https://corp.w-nexco.co.jp/corporate/release/hq/h31/0128/|date=2019-01-28|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
*{{portal-inline|Japan}}
*{{portal-inline|Roads}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Expressways of Japan}}
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