Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway
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|---|---|
 東海環状自動車道 | |
| Route information | |
| Length: | 73 km[1] (45 mi) |
| Existed: | 2005[2] – present |
| Major junctions | |
| From: |
Toyota-higashi Junction in Toyota, Aichi New Tōmei Expressway Isewangan Expressway |
| To: |
Yokkaichi-kita Junction' in Yokkaichi, Mie Isewangan Expressway Shinmeishin Expressway |
| Location | |
| Major cities: | Seto, Toki, Minokamo |
| Highway system | |
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National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan | |
The Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway (東海環状自動車道 Tōkaikanjō Jidōsha-dō) (lit. Tōkai Ring Expressway) is a toll road in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and managed by Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
Officially, the route is designated as National Route 475.[1] On some signs, the expressway is represented in Japanese as 東海環状道; this is done to prevent confusion with the Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway.
Although the road is named as an expressway, it is not recognized as a national expressway. Officially it is a national highway for motor vehicles only (一般国道の自動車専用道路 Ippan Kokudō no Jidōsha Senyō Dōro)[3] (motor vehicles must have a displacement of at least 125 cc). However, the design standard of the Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway is similar to most national expressways.
Overview
Once completed, the expressway will form a 160 km ring road for the Tōkai Region.[4] It is hoped that the expressway will reduce traffic congestion, link important industrial and manufacturing centers in the region, and facilitate access to Chubu International Airport and tourist areas in rural Gifu Prefecture.
Currently 73 km of the route has been opened to traffic. This section was opened in 2005 to coincide with the opening of Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture. There are 4 lanes of traffic from Toyota-higashi Junction to Toki Junction, and 2 lanes from Toki Junction to Mino-Seki Junction.
List of interchanges and features
- IC - interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota-higashi JCT | New Tōmei Expressway Isewangan Expressway |
0.0 | Toyota | Aichi | |
| 2 | Toyota-Matsudaira IC |  National Route 301 |
3.4 | |||
| PA | Kuragaike PA | 6.3 | Highway Oasis | |||
| 3 | Toyota-Kanpachi IC | 9.7 | ||||
| 4 | Toyota-Fujioka IC | Pref. Route 13 (Toyota Tajimi Route) | 15.4 | |||
| 5 PA |
Seto-Akazu IC/PA |  National Route 248Pref. Route 22 (Seto Kanjō Route) Pref. Route 33 (Seto Shitara Route) |
23.2 | Seto | ||
| 6 | Seto-Shinano IC |  National Route 363 |
26.0 | |||
| 7 | Toki-minami Tajimi IC | Pref. Route 382 (Toki-minami Inter Route) | 36.9 | Toki | Gifu | |
| 30-1 | Toki JCT | Chūō Expressway |
39.8 | |||
| PA | Gotomaki PA | 41.5 | ||||
| 8 | Kani-Mitake IC |  National Route 21 (Kani-Mitake Bypass) |
50.3 | Kani | ||
| Mitake | ||||||
| 9 SA |
Minokamo IC/SA |  National Route 41 (Minokamo Bypass)Pref. Route 342 (Heisei Kinen Kōen Route) |
59.7 | Highway Oasis | Minokamo | |
| 10 | Tomika-Seki IC | Pref. Route 58 (Seki Kanayama Route) Pref. Route 343 (Tomika Mino Route) |
66.0 | Tomika | ||
| 5-1 | Mino-Seki JCT | Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway |
73.0 | |||
| Mino | ||||||
| 11 | Seki-Hiromi IC |  National Route 418 |
75.9 | Opened in 2008 | Seki | |
| <12> | Takatomi IC |  National Route 256 (Takatomi Bypass) |
- | Planned | Yamagata | |
| <13> | Gifu-Yamagata IC | - | Planned | Gifu | ||
| <14> | Motosu IC |  National Route 157 |
- | Planned | Motosu | |
| <15> | Ōno-Gōdo IC | Pref. Route 92 (Gifu Sunami Ōno Route) | - | Planned | Ōno | |
| <16> | Ōgaki-nishi IC | National Route 21 |
- | Planned | Ōgaki | |
| <26-1> | Yōrō JCT | Meishin Expressway |
- | Planned | Yōrō | |
| <17> | Yōrō IC | Pref. Route 30 (Hashima Yōrō Route) | - | Planned | ||
| <18> | Kisei IC |  National Route 365 |
- | Planned | Inabe | Mie |
| <19> | Daian IC | National Route 365 |
- | Planned | ||
| <20> | Tōin IC | Pref. Route 3 (Kuwana Daian Route) | - | Planned | Tōin | |
| <17> | Yokkaichi-kita JCT | Isewangan Expressway (Planned) Shinmeishin Expressway (Planned) |
- | Planned | Yokkaichi | |
References
- 1 2 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "Road Timetable". Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "History of the Expressway Network in the Greater Nagoya Area". Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ↑ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (pdf). Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ↑ "Nagoya Urban Institute Project Page". Retrieved 2008-04-18.