Isewangan Expressway
File:JP Expressway Isewangan.svg Isewangan | |
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伊勢湾岸自動車道  | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 56.4 km[1] (35.0 mi) |
| Existed | 1985[2]–present |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Toyota-higashi Junction in Toyota, Aichi Shin-Tōmei Expressway  Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway |
| To | Yokkaichi-kita Junction in Yokkaichi, Mie Shin-Meishin Expressway Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Major cities | Nagoya, Kuwana |
| Highway system | |
The Isewangan Expressway (伊勢湾岸自動車道, Isewangan Jidōshadō) is a national expressway in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
The route primarily follows the north shore of Ise Bay (wangan means bayshore in Japanese).
Officially, the route has three designations. The section from Toyota-higashi Junction to Tōkai Junction is referred to as part of the Second Tōkai Expressway.[3] The section from Tōkai Junction to Tobishima Interchange is referred to as part of National Route 302.[4] This section is not classified as a national expressway but rather as a national highway for motor vehicles only with national expressway concurrency. There is no difference in the design standard of this section compared with the rest of the expressway. Finally, the section from Tobishima Interchange to Yokkaichi-kita Junction is referred to as part of the Kinki Expressway Nagoya Kobe Route.[3]
Overview
The Isewangan is planned to link the future Shin-Tōmei Expressway to the east and Shin-Meishin Expressway to the west. These 3 expressways will replace the Tōmei Expressway and Meishin Expressway as the primary roadway linking Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.
The first segment (Meikō-Chūō Interchange to Tobishima Interchange) was opened in 1985 as the Isewangan Road and the most recent addition was opened in 2005.[2] The final segment (Yokkaichi Junction to Yokkaichi-kita Junction) is planned to connect with extensions to the Shin-Meishin Expressway and Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway. The route is 6 lanes for its entire length.
The expressway features several bridges. Three bridges span the Nagoya Port area (collectively known as the Meikō Triton) and two bridges span the Kiso River and Ibi River (collectively known as the Twinkle Bridges).
List of interchanges and features
 | This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. |
- IC - interchange, JCT - junction, PA - parking area, BR - bridge
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Origin |
Dist. from Terminus |
Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through to Shin-Tōmei Expressway
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| 1 | Toyota-higashi JCT | Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway
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0.0 | 56.4 | Toyota | Aichi | |
| BR | Toyota Arrows Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Yahagi River crossing Cable-stayed bridge, Length - 820 m | |||
| 2 | Toyota-higashi IC |  National Route 248
|
3.1 | 53.3 | |||
| (19-1) | Toyota JCT |  Tōmei Expressway
|
5.0 | 51.4 | |||
| 3 | Toyota-minami IC | Pref. Route 56 (Nagoya Okazaki Route) | 12.6 | 43.8 | |||
| PA | Kariya PA | 15.9 | 40.5 | Highway Oasis | Kariya | ||
| 4 | Toyoake IC |  National Route 1 National Route 23 (Meishi Highway/Chiryū Bypass)Pref. Route 57 (Seto Ōbu Tōkai Route) |
20.2 | 36.2 | Toyoake | ||
| 5 | Nagoya-minami JCT |  Mei-Nikan Expressway Nagoya Expressway Ōdaka Route
|
25.5 | 30.9 | Midori-ku, Nagoya | ||
| Nagoya-minami IC | National Route 23 (Meishi Highway)
|
Toyota-bound exit, Yokkaichi-bound entrance only | |||||
| 6 | Ōbu IC |  Chitahantō Road (Ōbu-nishi IC) National Route 302
|
27.0 | 29.4 | Ōbu | ||
| Tōkai | |||||||
| 7 | Tōkai IC | National Route 302 National Route 247
|
29.9 | 26.5 | |||
| 7-1 | Tōkai JCT |  Nagoya Expressway Tōkai Route
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| BR | Meikō-higashi Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Cable-stayed bridge Length - 700 m | |||
| Minato-ku, Nagoya | |||||||
| 8 | Meikō-Shiomi IC | Pref. Route 225 (Nagoya Higashi Kō Route) | 32.4 | 24.0 | |||
| BR | Meikō-chūō Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Cable-stayed bridge Length - 1,170 m | |||
| 9 | Meikō-chūō IC | 34.8 | 21.6 | ||||
| BR | Meikō-nishi Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Cable-stayed bridge Length - 758 m | |||
| Tobishima | |||||||
| 10 | Tobishima IC | National Route 302
|
37.6 | 18.8 | |||
| 10-1 | Tobishima JCT | Mei-Nikan Expressway
|
- | - | |||
| 11 | Wangan-Yatomi IC | Pref. Route 71 (Nagoya Nishi Kō Route) | 40.5 | 15.9 | Yokkaichi-bound exit, Toyota-bound entrance only | Yatomi | |
| 12 | Yatomi-Kisozaki IC | Pref. Route 103 (Yokkaichi Suzuka Route) | 43.3 | 13.1 | Toyota-bound exit, Yokkaichi-bound entrance only | ||
| BR | Kisogawa Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Length - 1,145m | |||
| Kuwana | Mie | ||||||
| 13/PA | Wangan-Nagashima IC/PA | Pref. Route 7 (Suigō Kōen Route) | 45.9 | 10.5 | |||
| BR | Ibigawa Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | Length - 1,397m | |||
| 14 | Wangan-Kuwana IC | Pref. Route 69 (Wangan-Kuwana Inter Route) | 48.4 | 8.0 | |||
| BR | Inabegawa Bridge | ↓ | ↑ | ||||
| Kawagoe | |||||||
| 15 | Mie-Kawagoe IC | National Route 23 (Meishi Highway) Pref. Route 401 (Kuwana Yokkaichi Route) |
50.2 | 6.2 | |||
| 16 | Mie-Asahi IC | Pref. Route 66 (Yokkaichi Asahi Route) | 54.2 | 2.2 | Toyota-bound exit, Yokkaichi-bound entrance only | Yokkaichi | |
| (29-1) | Yokkaichi JCT |  Higashi-Meihan Expressway
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56.4 | 0.0 | |||
| Through to Shin-Meishin Expressway
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Gallery
Toyota Arrows Bridge
Meikō Triton view from the west
Meikō-higashi Bridge
Meikō-chūō Bridge
Meikō-nishi Bridge
Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge
Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge
Twinkle Ibigawa Bridge and Nagashima Spaland
Twinkle Ibigawa Bridge at night
Furukawa Viaduct
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References
- ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "Road Timetable". Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ a b Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "History of the Expressway Network in the Greater Nagoya Area". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ a b Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "High Standard Trunk Road Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Aichi Prefectural Government. "Toll Road Information". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
External links
- Central Nippon Expressway Company Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine