ENTERING THE AGE OF THE
EXPRESSWAY
The Hita-Asakura section of
the Trans-Kyushu Highway, connecting Oita and
Nagasaki (252km), was opened on March 10, 1990.
It was extended to four lanes on November 11,
1995.
This was the second
stretch to be opened in Oita Prefecture, after
the Yufuin-Beppu section, which was opened in
July, 1989.
With this, Hita has become
linked by expressway to the major cities of
Japan: Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo; the curtain
was lifted on a new age full of promise.
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An aerial photograph near Hita Interchange.
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The Trans-Kyushu Highway runs straight through
the middle of white pear blossoms, alongside the
blue Mikuma River. (Yoakeseki-machi)
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