Hiroshima-Kure Road

広島呉道路 Hiroshima-Kure Road
国道%route%号
E31 広島呉道路
Route information
Maintained by West Nippon Expressway Company
Length	15.9 km (9.9 mi)
Existed	1974–present
Component highways	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31
Major junctions
From	Niho Junction File:Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0002.svg Hiroshima Expressway Route 2 File:Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0003.svg Hiroshima Expressway Route 3 in Minami-ku, Hiroshima
To	Kure Interchange File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31 File:Japanese National Route Sign 0185.svg National Route 185 in Kure, Hiroshima
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Hiroshima-Kure Road (広島呉道路, Hiroshima-Kure Dōro) is a toll road in Hiroshima Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the West Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO West Japan). The route is signed E31 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Hiroshima Prefecture. PA - parking area, TB - toll gate

Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Minami-ku, Hiroshima	0	0.0	1	Niho	Hiroshima Prefecture Route 86	Closed due to use of the Niho Interchange on Hiroshima Expressway Route 2
			1-1	Niho	File:Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0002.svg Hiroshima Expressway Route 2– Fuchū, File:JP Expressway E2.svg Sanyō Expressway File:Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0003.svg Hiroshima Expressway Route 3– Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Hatsukaichi	Access only to and from Hiroshima Expressway
Hiroshima Bridge over the Hiroshima Bay
Saka			TB/PA	Saka		Northbound access only to the parking area
	3.4	2.1	2-1	Saka-kita	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
	3.9	2.4	2-2	Saka-minami	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
Kure	9.5	5.9	3-1	Tennō-nishi	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31 Hiroshima Prefecture Route 66	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
	10.1	6.3	3-2/TB	Tennō-higashi	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31 Hiroshima Prefecture Route 66	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
	15.9	9.9	4	Kure	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0031.svg National Route 31– Hiroshima, Central Kure File:Japanese National Route Sign 0185.svg National Route 185– Mihara, Ondo
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access        Tolled

See also

• Japan National Route 31

External links

• (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company