is an urban
expressway in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...
and
Tōkai, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 113,698 in 51,035 households, and a population density of 2,618 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Geography
Tōkai is located in the far n ...
,
Japan
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. It is a part of the
Nagoya Expressway
The is a network of urban Expressways of Japan, expressways in Japan serving the greater Nagoya area. It is owned and managed by .
Overview
The first section of the Nagoya Expressway network opened to traffic in 1979. As of 2008, of the networ ...
network and is owned and operated by
Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolit ...
.
Route description
Originating from a junction with the
Ring Route, it extends southward to the city of Tōkai and the
Isewangan Expressway
The 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 rou ...
. The route serves as an alternate access route to
Chubu International Airport
is an international airport on an artificial island (which also houses the ) in Ise Bay, Tokoname, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan. The airport covers about 470 hectares (1,161 acres) of land and has one ...
and was built to reduce traffic congestion on
Route 3. The expressway has 2 lanes in each direction for its entire length.
History
The expressway was completed in stages between 2010 and 2013. During the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, six tollgates were closed along the Tōkai and
Manba routes after a tollgate operator was found to be infected with the virus.
Junction list
Note: All exit numbers and names are provisional.
* JCT -
junction
Junction may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Junction'' (2012 film), an American film
* ''Junction'' (2024 film), an American film
* ''Jjunction'', a 2002 Indian film
* ''Junction'' (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille
* Junction (E ...
, TB -
toll gate
Toll Gate or Tollgate may refer to:
* Toll gate, a barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
Entertainment
* Tollgate (Hale single), "Tollgate" (Hale single)
* ''The Toll-Gate'', a 1954 novel by Georgette Heye ...
References
External links
Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation
{{coord missing, Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya Expressway
2010 establishments in Japan