The or is an expressway that links the wards Tarumi-ku and Nishi-ku of Kobe, Hyà Âgo Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company and is signed as E94 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLIT) "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."
In 1998, the Kitasen Road was opened in conjunction with the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway.
MLIT is in the process of acquiring right of way to build a extension of the Kitasen Road to link up with the Daini-Shinmei Road in the neighboring city, Akashi.
The entire expressway is in Kobe, Hyà Âgo Prefecture.
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