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Higashi-Meihan Expressway

{{Short description|Expressway in Aichi and Mie Prefectures, Japan}}

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|name=Higashi-Meihan Expressway

|translation=Image:JP Expressway E23.svg 東名阪自動車道

|lang=ja

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|map = {{Highway system OSM map

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|length_km= 55.1

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|established= 1970

|terminus_a= Nagoya-nishi Junction in Nagoya
20px Nagoya Expressway Mamba Route
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|C2}}

|cities= Ama, Aisai, Yatomi, Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Kameyama

|terminus_b= Ise-Seki Interchange in Tsu, Mie
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=I}}

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The {{nihongo|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 Expressway 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/ir/ir-yosan/h20/s07.pdf |title=High Standard Trunk Road Map |author=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |access-date=2008-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095900/http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/ir/ir-yosan/h20/s07.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-20 }} 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.

Route description

File:Higashi-Meihan Expwy cx19d28b.jpg.]]

The expressway runs from Nagoya-nishi Junction in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya to Ise-Seki Interchange in Tsu. The expressway is built to the same standards as most other national expressways, with tolls being charged according to the distance traveled. It has at least two lanes in each direction, with three in some sections.{{cite web|title=E23東名阪道 四日市IC付近の一部区間で 3車線（暫定）の先行運用を開始します|url=https://www.c-nexco.co.jp/corporate/pressroom/news_release/4053.html|language=ja|date=24 May 2017|access-date=10 August 2019}}

History

The first section of what would later become the Higashi-Meihan Expressway opened to traffic in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokai-kansen.go.jp/naruhodo/jisendo/2006_07/p03_04.html |title=History of the Expressway Network in the Greater Nagoya Area |author=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |access-date=2008-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328043932/http://www.tokai-kansen.go.jp/naruhodo/jisendo/2006_07/p03_04.html |archive-date=2008-03-28 }}

In March 2023, a "Higashi-Meihan car crash" occurred near the Kameyama Junction in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, killing three people and seriously injuring five others.

List of interchanges and features

{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

The exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Mei-Nikan Expressway, starting at 23.

class="wikitable"
style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|No.

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Name

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Connections

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Dist. from
Nagoya-nishi JCT

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Bus Stop

!style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Notes

!colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"|Location

colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"|20px Through to Nagoya Expressway Manba Route
style="background-color:#BFB;"|23

|Nagoya-nishi JCT

|{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|C2}}

|style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="2"|Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya

|rowspan="6"|Aichi Prefecture

style="background-color:#BFB;"|24

|Nagoya-nishi IC

|Pref. Route 40 (Nagoya Kanie Yatomi Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|TB

|Nagoya-nishi Toll Gate

|

|style="text-align:right;"|

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|Ama

style="background-color:#BFB;"|25

|Kanie IC

|Pref. Route 65 (Ichinomiya Kanie Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|Kanie

style="background-color:#CCC;"| -

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Saya JCT

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|20px Ichinomiya-Nishiko Road (planned)

|style="background-color:#CCC;text-align:right;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;text-align:center;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|

|Aisai

style="background-color:#BFB;"|26

|Yatomi IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|155|name1=Yatomi Bypass}}

|style="text-align:right;"|9.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|Yatomi

style="background-color:#BFB;"|27

|Nagashima IC

|Pref. Route 7 (Suigō Kōen Route)
Pref. Route 117 (Tado Nagashima Route)
Pref. Route 168 (Tatsuta Nagashima Inter Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|12.7

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="4"|Kuwana

|rowspan="18" style="width:1em;"|Mie

style="background-color:#BFB;"|28

|Kuwana-higashi IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|258}}

|style="text-align:right;"|16.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|PA

|Ōyamada PA

|style="text-align:center;"|

|style="text-align:right;"|17.0

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|29

|Kuwana IC

|Pref. Route 63 (Hoshigawa Nishibessho Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|19.9

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|29-1

|Yokkaichi JCT

|{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E1A|dab1=I}} / Shin-Meishin Expressway

|style="text-align:right;"|23.3

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="7"|Yokkaichi

style="background-color:#CCC;"|BS

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Chiyoda Bus Stop

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: right;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|X

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Closed

style="background-color:#BFB;"|30

|Yokkaichi-higashi IC

|Pref. Route 64 (Kamiebi Mochibuku Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|25.8

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#BFB;"|SA

|Gozaisho SA

|style="text-align:center;"|

|style="text-align:right;"|27.2

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#CCC;"|BS

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Agata Bus Stop

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: right;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|X

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Closed

style="background-color:#BFB;"|31

|Yokkaichi IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|477}}

|style="text-align:right;"|32.2

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="background-color:#CCC;"|BS

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Nishiyama Bus Stop

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: right;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|X

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Closed

style="background-color:#BFB;"|32

|Suzuka IC

|Pref. Route 27 (Kanbe Nagasawa Route)

|style="text-align:right;"|41.8

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="2"|Suzuka

style="background-color:#CCC;"|TB

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Suzuka Toll Gate

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: right;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Closed March 13, 2005

style="background-color:#BFB;"|32-1

|Kameyama JCT

|{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E1A|dab1=SM}}

|style="text-align:right;"|46.9

|style="text-align:center;"|

|

|rowspan="4"|Kameyama

style="background-color:#CCC;"|BS

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Sumiyama Bus Stop

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: right;"|

|style="background-color:#CCC;" text-align: center;"|X

|style="background-color:#CCC;"|Closed

style="background-color:#BFB;"|PA

|Kameyama PA/
SIC

|

|style="text-align:right;"|52.1

|style="text-align:center;"|

|Highway Oasis

style="background-color:#BFB;"|33

|Kameyama IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|1|Route|25|Exp|E25|dab3=M|name1=Seki Bypass}}

|style="text-align:right;"|53.2

|style="text-align:center;"|

|Ise-Seki-bound exit, Nagoya-bound entrance only

style="background-color:#BFB;"|34

|Ise-Seki IC

|{{jct|country=JPN|Route|25|Exp|E25|dab2=M}}

|style="text-align:right;"|55.1

|style="text-align:center;"|

|Ise-Seki IC ←→ Higashi-Meihan: No Access

|Tsu

colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"|Through to {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=I}}

References

External links

  • [http://global.c-nexco.co.jp/ Central Nippon Expressway Company]

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Category:Expressways in Japan

Category:Roads in Aichi Prefecture

Category:Roads in Mie Prefecture

Category:1970 establishments in Japan