National Highway Route No. 478 (国道478号)

Meishin Expressway, National Highway Route No. 1, National Highway Route No. 171, Keiji Bypass

National Highway Route No. 478 is a general national highway that extends from Miyazu City in Kyoto Prefecture to Kumiyama Town Kuse-gun in Kyoto Prefecture.

The road is generally constructed as the Kyoto Jukan Jidoshado Highway, although a general road is being constructed between the portion from the intersection with National Highway Route No. 171 at Oyamazaki-cho in Otokuni-gun, to the intersection with National Highway Route No. 1 at Kumiyama Town in Kuse-gun. The section called Tanba Ayabe Road, which will run from the Tanba Interchange of the Kyoto Jukan Jidoshado Highway to the Ankokuji Interchange of the Kinki Jidoshado Highway Maizuru Wakasa Line, is being constructed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Overview
Distance: 63.9 km
Origin: Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture (Miyazu-Amanohashidate Interchange: the terminus of the National Highway Route No. 312, Tottori Toyoka Miyazu Jidoshado Expressway
Terminus: Kumiyama Town, Kuse-gun, Kyoto Prefecture (i.e. the intersection with National Highway Route No. 1)
Traversed cities: Maizuru City, Ayabe City, Kameoka City, Kyoto City and Yawata City
Designated section: from Ayabe Junction in Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture to the terminus at Kumiyama Town, Kuse-gun, Kyoto Prefecture

Operator
Kyoto-fu Doro Public Corporation
Nishi Nippon Expressway Company Limited, Kameoka Work Office
Nishi Nippon Expressway Company Limited, Ibaraki work office
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kyoto National Highway Office, Kyoto Second Maintenance Branch Office (for the general road section between Oyamazaki-cho and Kumiyama Town)

Traversed Municipalities
Kyoto Prefecture
Miyazu CityMaizuru City - Ayabe City – Kyotanba-cho, Funai-gunNantan CityKameoka CityKyoto City (Nishikyo Ward) – Oyamazaki-cho Otokuni-gun - Yawata City – Kumiyama Town, Kuse-gun

Interchanges
Refer to Kyoto Jukan Jidoshado Expressway

Main Connecting Roads
For the toll road section, refer to Kyoto Jukan Jidoshado Expressway

Meishin Expressway
National Highway Route No. 171
National Highway Route No. 1
Keiji Bypass

Alia
Kyoto Jukan Jidoshado Expressway
Keiji Bypass
Kyoto-daini-soto-kanjo-doro Belt Line
Kyoto Tanba Road
Tanba Ayabe Road
Ayabe Miyazu Road

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