Higashi-Meihan Expressway

250px Higashi-Meihan Expressway
東名阪自動車道
Route information
Length:	55.1 km (34.2 mi)
Existed:	1970 – present
Major junctions
From:	Nagoya-nishi Junction in Nagoya 20px Nagoya Expressway Mamba Route Nagoya Daini Kanjo Expressway
To:	Ise-Seki Interchange in Tsu, Mie Ise Expressway
Location
Major cities:	Ama, Aisai, Yatomi, Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Kameyama
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

250px Nagoya Daini Kanjo (Mei-Nikan) Expressway
名古屋第二環状自動車道
Route information
Length:	43.7 km (27.2 mi)
Existed:	1988 – present
Major junctions
From:	Nagoya-minami Junction in Nagoya Isewangan Expressway 20px Nagoya Expressway Ōdaka Route
To:	Nagoya-nishi Junction in Nagoya Higashi-Meihan Expressway 20px Nagoya Expressway Mamba Route
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, 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. The section from Nagoya-minami Junction to Takabari Junction is currently under construction; it is expected to open in 2010. There are also plans to expand the section from Yokkaichi Junction to Kameyama Junction to 6 lanes.

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). 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

名古屋第二環状自動車道

• Located in Aichi Prefecture

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Nagoya-minami JCT	Notes	Location
(5)	Nagoya-minami JCT	Isewangan Expressway 20px Nagoya Expressway Ōdaka Route	0.0		Midori-ku	Nagoya
1	Arimatsu IC	National Route 1	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	National Route 153 (Toyota-nishi Bypass)	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	20px Nagoya Expressway Higashiyama Route	12.7		Meito-ku
5	Kamiyashiro-minami IC		14.9	Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only
5-1	Kamiyashiro JCT	Nagoya Connecting Road	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	Nagoya Expressway Kusunoki Route Nagoya Expressway Komaki Route	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	National Route 22 (Meigi Bypass)	32.4	Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only
					Kiyosu
17-1	Kiyosu JCT	Nagoya Expressway Kiyosu Route 20px Nagoya Expressway Ichinomiya Route	33.0
17	Kiyosu-higashi IC	National Route 22 (Meigi Bypass)	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	National Route 1	41.5	Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only
TB	Ōharu Toll Plaza			Nagoya-minami-bound only
23	Nagoya-nishi JCT	Higashi-Meihan Expressway 20px Nagoya Expressway Manba Route	42.3		Nakagawa-ku	Nagoya
	Nagoya-nishi JCT Minami IC (provisional name)			opening in 2018
	Tomida IC (provisional name)	National Route 1
	Nan-yo IC (provisional name)				Minato-ku, Nagoya
	Meishi-nishi IC (provisional name)	Meishi Highway (National Route 23)			Tobishima
	Tobishima IC/JCT	Isewangan Expressway 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
(21)	Nagoya IC	Tōmei Expressway	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	Nagoya Daini Kanjo Expressway Main Route	1.4

Higashi-Meihan Expressway route

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Nagoya-nishi JCT	Bus Stop	Notes	Location
20px Through to Nagoya Expressway Manba Route
23	Nagoya-nishi JCT	Nagoya Daini Kanjo Expressway 20px National Route 302	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	Ichinomiya-Nishiko Road (planned)				Aisai
26	Yatomi IC	National Route 155 (Yatomi Bypass)	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	20px National Route 258	16.0
PA	Ōyamada PA		17.0
29	Kuwana IC	Pref. Route 63 (Hoshigawa Nishibessho Route)	19.9
29-1	Yokkaichi JCT	Isewangan Expressway	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	20px National Route 477	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	Shin-Meishin Expressway	46.9			Kameyama
BS	Sumiyama Bus Stop			X	Closed
PA	Kameyama PA/ SIC		52.1		Highway Oasis
33	Kameyama IC	National Route 1 (Seki Bypass) Meihan Highway	53.2		Ise-Seki-bound exit, Nagoya-bound entrance only
34	Ise-Seki IC	Meihan Highway	55.1		Ise-Seki IC ←→ Higashi-Meihan: No Access	Tsu
Through to Ise Expressway

External links

• Central Nippon Expressway Company