Keiji Bypass
The Keiji Bypass (京滋バイパス, Keiji Baipasu) is a toll road in Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture. The highway serves as an alternative to Japan National Route 1 and the Meishin Expressway by bypassing Kyoto to the south of the city. It is owned and operated by the West Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO West Japan). The route is signed E88 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]
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 京滋バイパス | |
 Map of Keiji Bypass (black) and expressways (gray) around Kyoto City. Roads and junctions under planning are shown by dotted lines. | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by West Nippon Expressway Company | |
| Length | 27.1 km (16.8 mi) |
| Existed | 1988–present |
| Component highways |  National Route 1 National Route 478 |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Seta-higashi Junction  AH1 Meishin Expresswayin Ōtsu, Shiga |
| West end | Ōyamazaki Junction Interchange AH1 Meishin Expressway Kyoto Jūkan Expresswayin Ōyamazaki, Kyoto |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
Route description
The Keiji Bypass is a four-lane dual-carriageway that begins at Seta-higashi Junction in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. From here it curves to the southwest to bypass Kyoto. It goes through several tunnels as it crosses in to Kyoto Prefecture. To the south of Kyoto, it is paralleled by National Route 1 and further to the west, National Route 478. Its western terminus is at the Meishin Expressway to the southwest of Kyoto. The roadway of the Keiji Bypass continues on to the northwest as the Kyoto Jūkan Expressway.[2]
The entire route has a speed limit of 80 km/h.
Junction list
The Keiji Bypass is a direct extension of National Route 1. Therefore, the distance markings continue from the sequence of Route 1, starting at 479.3 kilometres (297.8 mi) at Seta-highashi Interchange. TB= Toll booth
| Prefecture | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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| Shiga | Ōtsu | 479.3 | 297.8 | 30-2 | Seta-higashi | AH1 Meishin Expressway– Rittō, Nagoya | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
| 479.5 | 297.9 | 30-2 | Seta-higashi | National Route 1, Shiga Prefecture Route 2 | |||
| 482.6 | 299.9 | 1 | Ishiyama | Shiga Prefecture Route 106– Central Ōtsu, Kusastsu, Nangō District | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance | ||
| 486.9 | 302.5 | 2 | Nangō | Shiga Prefecture Route 3– Central Ōtsu, Uji, Ujitawara | Eastbound entrance, westbound exit | ||
| Kyoto | Uji | 489.2 | 304.0 | 3 | Kasatori | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance | |
| 493.9 | 306.9 | 4 | Uji-higashi | Kyoto Prefecture Route 7– Kyoto, Uji, Amagase Dam | Eastbound entrance, westbound exit | ||
| 497.0 | 308.8 | 5 | Uji-nishi |  National Route 24, Kyoto Prefecture Route 69– Jōyō, Kyoto | |||
| 498.0 | 309.4 | 6 | Ogura | National Route 1, National Route 24– Nara, National Route 478, Ōyamazaki | Eastbound entrance, westbound exit | ||
| Kumiyama | 500.0 | 310.7 | 2 | Kumiyama |  Daini Keihan Road– Kyoto, Kadoma, Osaka, Hirakata, Osaka | ||
| 501.0 | 311.3 | 7 | Kumiyama | National Route 1, National Route 478– Nara, National Route 24, Uji | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance | ||
| 503.0 | 312.5 | 8 | Kumiyama-Yodo | National Route 478, Kyoto Prefecture Route 15, Kyoto Prefecture Route 81– Joyo, Fushimi | |||
| Ōyamazaki | 505.8 | 314.3 | 33-3 | Ōyamazaki |  National Route 171– Kyoto, Takatsuki, Osaka | ||
| 506.4 | 314.7 | 33-3 | Ōyamazaki | AH1 Meishin Expressway– Suita, Osaka, Nagoya | |||
| Through to Kyoto Jūkan Expressway | |||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References
- "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
- "E88京滋バイパス（瀬田東JCT・IC～宇治西IC）等で夜間通行止めを実施いたします". NEXCO West Japan. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
