Higashi-Meihan Expressway
東名阪自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Length: | 55.1 km (34.2 mi) |
Existed: | 1970[1] – present |
Major junctions | |
From: |
Nagoya-nishi Junction in Nagoya![]() ![]() |
To: |
Ise-Seki Interchange in Tsu, Mie![]() |
Location | |
Major cities: | Ama, Aisai, Yatomi, Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Kameyama |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
名古屋第二環状自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Length: | 43.7 km (27.2 mi) |
Existed: | 1988[1] – present |
Major junctions | |
From: |
Nagoya-minami Junction in Nagoya![]() ![]() |
To: |
Nagoya-nishi Junction in Nagoya![]() ![]() |
Location | |
Major cities: | Kasugai, Kiyosu, Ama, Oharu |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
The Higashi-Meihan Expressway (東名阪自動車道 Higashimeihan Jidōshadō) is a four lane national expressway in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
Meihan is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Nagoya (名古屋) and the second character represents Osaka (大阪). Higashi (東) means east; together with the Meihan Highway and Nishi-Meihan Expressway, it forms a corridor linking the greater Nagoya and Osaka areas.
Officially, the route is designated as the Kinki Expressway Nagoya Osaka Route,[2] however this designation does not appear on any signage. In some areas, signs on the route are written in Japanese as 東名阪道 or ひがし名阪道; this is to prevent confusion with the Tōmei Expressway which looks similar when written in Japanese.
Overview
The first section of what would later become the Higashi-Meihan Expressway opened to traffic in 1970.[1] The section from Nagoya-minami Junction to Takabari Junction is currently under construction; it is expected to open in 2010.[3] There are also plans to expand the section from Yokkaichi Junction to Kameyama Junction to 6 lanes.[3]
The expressway is effectively divided into two parts. From Nagoya-minami Junction to Nagoya-nishi Junction, the expressway forms a semicircle around central Nagoya, built as an elevated expressway on the median of National Route 302. This section is built to an urban expressway standard with no parking areas or service areas and a lower speed limit than other national expressways (60 km/h). Tolls are charged at a flat rate (currently 500 yen for a regular passenger car).[4] The remaining section from Nagoya-nishi Junction to Ise-Seki Interchange is built to the same standards as most other national expressways, with tolls being charged according to distance travelled.
The section between Hikiyama Interchange and Ōmori Interchange consists of tunnels that run underneath waterways; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.
List of interchanges and features
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, PA - parking area, SA - service area, TB - toll gate, TN - tunnel
Nagoya-Daini-Kanjo (Mei-Nikan) Expressway Main Route
- Located in Aichi Prefecture
No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Nagoya-minami JCT |
Notes | Location | |
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(5) | Nagoya-minami JCT | ![]() ![]() |
0.0 | Midori-ku | Nagoya | |
1 | Arimatsu IC | ![]() |
2.4 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | ||
3.5 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | |||||
2 | Narumi IC | Tōkaidō Pref. Route 56 (Nagoya Okazaki Route) |
6.5 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | ||
7.6 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | |||||
3 | Ueta IC | ![]() |
11.0 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | Tempaku-ku | |
12.0 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | |||||
4 | Takabari JCT | ![]() |
12.7 | Meito-ku | ||
5 | Kamiyashiro-minami IC | 14.9 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | |||
5-1 | Kamiyashiro JCT | ![]() |
15.4 | |||
6 | Kamiyashiro IC | 15.9 | in Meitō Tunnel Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | |||
7 | Hikiyama IC | 17.1 | in Meitō Tunnel Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | |||
TN | Meitō Tunnel | Dangerous goods forbidden | Moriyama-ku | |||
TN | Moriyama Tunnel | Dangerous goods forbidden | ||||
8 | Ōmori IC | 19.3 | in Moriyama Tunnel Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | |||
9 | Obata IC | Pref. Route 15 (Nagoya Tajimi Route) | 20.2 | in Moriyama Tunnel Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | ||
10 | Matsukawado IC | Pref. Route 30 (Sekida Nagoya Route) | 22.5 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Kasugai | |
11 | Kachigawa IC | Pref. Route 508 (Utsutsu Kachigawa Route) | 23.5 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | ||
25.2 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | |||||
12 | Kusunoki IC | 26.9 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Kita-ku | Nagoya | |
13 | Kusunoki JCT | ![]() ![]() |
27.8 | |||
14 | Yamada-higashi IC | 28.9 | Exits only | Nishi-ku | ||
15 | Yamada-nishi IC | 30.2 | Entrances only | |||
16 | Hirata IC | 31.8 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | |||
17 | Kiyosu-higashi IC | ![]() |
32.4 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | ||
Kiyosu | ||||||
17-1 | Kiyosu JCT | ![]() ![]() |
33.0 | |||
17 | Kiyosu-higashi IC | ![]() |
33.8 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | ||
18 | Kiyosu-nishi IC | 36.0 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | |||
19 | Jimokuji-kita IC | 37.6 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Ama | ||
20 | Jimokuji-minami IC | 38.9 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | |||
21 | Ōharu-kita IC | 39.9 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Ōharu | ||
22 | Ōharu-minami IC | ![]() |
41.5 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | ||
TB | Ōharu Toll Plaza | Nagoya-minami-bound only | ||||
23 | Nagoya-nishi JCT | ![]() ![]() |
42.3 | Nakagawa-ku | Nagoya | |
Nagoya-nishi JCT Minami IC (provisional name) | opening in 2018 | |||||
Tomida IC (provisional name) | ![]() |
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Nan-yo IC (provisional name) | Minato-ku, Nagoya | |||||
Meishi-nishi IC (provisional name) | ![]() |
Tobishima | ||||
Tobishima IC/JCT | ![]() Pref. Rout 71 (Nagoya-nishiko Route) |
Junction is planned |
Nagoya Connecting Road
- Located in Meito-ku, Nagoya
No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Nagoya IC |
Notes |
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(21) | Nagoya IC | ![]() |
0.0 | Entrance/exit for local roads only accessible from Tōmei Expressway |
5-2 | Hongō IC | Pref. Route 60 (Nagoya Nagakute Route) | 0.5 | Nagoya IC-bound exit, Kamiyashiro-bound entrance only |
5-1 | Kamiyashiro JCT | ![]() |
1.4 |
Higashi-Meihan Expressway route
No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Nagoya-nishi JCT |
Bus Stop | Notes | Location | |
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23 | Nagoya-nishi JCT | ![]() ![]() |
0.0 | Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya | Aichi Prefecture | ||
24 | Nagoya-nishi IC | Pref. Route 40 (Nagoya Kanie Yatomi Route) | 0.8 | ||||
TB | Nagoya-nishi Toll Gate | Ama | |||||
25 | Kanie IC | Pref. Route 65 (Ichinomiya Kanie Route) | 3.6 | Kanie | |||
- | Saya JCT | ![]() |
Aisai | ||||
26 | Yatomi IC | ![]() |
9.0 | Yatomi | |||
27 | Nagashima IC | Pref. Route 7 (Suigō Kōen Route) Pref. Route 117 (Tado Nagashima Route) Pref. Route 168 (Tatsuta Nagashima Inter Route) |
12.7 | Kuwana | Mie | ||
28 | Kuwana-higashi IC | ![]() |
16.0 | ||||
PA | Ōyamada PA | 17.0 | |||||
29 | Kuwana IC | Pref. Route 63 (Hoshigawa Nishibessho Route) | 19.9 | ||||
29-1 | Yokkaichi JCT | ![]() |
23.3 | Yokkaichi | |||
BS | Chiyoda Bus Stop | X | Closed | ||||
30 | Yokkaichi-higashi IC | Pref. Route 64 (Kamiebi Mochibuku Route) | 25.8 | ||||
SA | Gozaisho SA | 27.2 | |||||
BS | Agata Bus Stop | X | Closed | ||||
31 | Yokkaichi IC | ![]() |
32.2 | ||||
BS | Nishiyama Bus Stop | X | Closed | ||||
32 | Suzuka IC | Pref. Route 27 (Kanbe Nagasawa Route) | 41.8 | Suzuka | |||
TB | Suzuka Toll Gate | Closed March 13, 2005 | |||||
32-1 | Kameyama JCT | ![]() |
46.9 | Kameyama | |||
BS | Sumiyama Bus Stop | X | Closed | ||||
PA | Kameyama PA/ SIC |
52.1 | Highway Oasis | ||||
33 | Kameyama IC | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
53.2 | Ise-Seki-bound exit, Nagoya-bound entrance only | |||
34 | Ise-Seki IC | ![]() ![]() |
55.1 | Ise-Seki IC ←→ Higashi-Meihan: No Access | Tsu | ||
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References
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 "NEXCO-Central Business Outline" (pdf). Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ↑ "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza Route Search". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
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