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Hanshin Expressway Route 7 Kita-Kobe Route
阪神高速7号北神戸線
Hanshin Expressway Route 7 Kita-Kobe Route; 阪神高速7号北神戸線
	The Kita-Kobe Route highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
Length	35.6 km (22.1 mi)
Existed	1985–present
Major junctions
West end	Daini-Shinmei Road
East end	Chūgoku Expressway
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
	National highways of Japan; Expressways of Japan;

The Kita-Kobe Route (北神戸線, Kita-Kōbe-sen), signed as Route 7, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area. It is an intercity route that travels in and west to east direction from Kobe to Nishinomiya, with a total length of 35.6 kilometers (22.1 mi).^[1]

List of interchanges

The entire expressway lies within Hyōgo Prefecture

Location	km^[2]	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Kobe	0.0	0.0	7-01	Ikawadani	Daini-Shinmei Road – Himeji	Western terminus; westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	1.9	1.2	7-02	Nagaidani	Kitasen Road – to San'yō Expressway, Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway (Akashi Bridge), Tokushima	Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
	4.8	3.0	7-03 / 7-04	Zenkai	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 65 – Seishin New Town, Academic Town	Parking area
	7.1	4.4	–	Fusehata	Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway (Akashi Bridge) – to San'yō Expressway, Tokushima
	7.3	4.5	7-05	Fusehata-nishi	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 16	Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
	8.8	5.5	7-06	Fusehata-higashi	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 22	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	9.7	6.0	–	Shirakawa	Kobe-Yamate Route – to Kobe Route, Bayshore Route, Osaka
	10.7	6.6	7-07	Shiowase no mura	Parking area / Shiowase no mura	No access to public roads
	13.6	8.5	7-08	Aina	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 52 – Suzurandai
	18.2	11.3	7-09	Minotani	Shin-Kobe Tunnel south – Central Kobe
	22.6– 25.1	14.0– 15.6	7-10 / 7-11	Karatonishi	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 95 (Rokkō Toll Road) – Mount Rokkō
	26.3	16.3	–	Arimaguchi	branch route – Sanda, Gosha	Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
	26.7	16.6	7-12	Arimaguchi	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 51	Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
Nishinomiya	29.8	18.5	7-13 / 7-14	Nishinomiya-minami	Hyōgo Prefecture Route 82 – Arima Onsen
	32.3	20.1	7-15	Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi-higashi	National Route 176 – Sanda, Takarazuka	Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
	32.4	20.1	7-16	Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi-higashi	Chūgoku Expressway – Takarazuka, Osaka	Eastern terminus; westbound entrance, eastbound exit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access