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{{Short description|A national expressway connecting the Tokyo and Sendai metropolitan areas in eastern Japan.}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2013}}
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{{Infobox road
|country=JPN
|type=Expressway
|route=Jōban
|alternate_name=[[File:JP Expressway E6.svg|48px|link=|alt=E6]] {{Nihongo2|常磐自動車道}}
|map={{Highway system OSM map
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|map_custom=yes|length_km = 300.4
|length_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/more_expressway/data/ |title=E-NEXCO Expressway Data |access-date=2008-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213220411/http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/more_expressway/data/ |archive-date=2007-12-13 }}</ref>
|established=1981<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.city.tsukuba.ibaraki.jp/13/758/416/index.html | title= History of Tsukuba City | access-date= 16 April 2008 }}</ref>
| direction_a=South
|terminus_a= [[Misato Junction]]<br />[[Image:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign 6-Misato.svg|20px]] [[Shuto Expressway]] [[Misato Route]]<br>{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|C3|dab1=TG}}<br>in [[Misato, Saitama (city)|Misato, Saitama]]
|cities           = [[Kashiwa, Chiba|Kashiwa]], [[Tsukuba, Ibaraki|Tsukuba]], [[Tsuchiura, Ibaraki|Tsuchiura]], [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]], [[Hitachi, Ibaraki|Hitachi]], [[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki]], [[Natori, Miyagi|Natori]], [[Sendai]]
| direction_b=North
|terminus_b=[[Watari Interchange]]<br />{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E6|dab1=ST}}<br>Miyagi Prefecture Route 269<br>in [[Watari, Miyagi]]
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Jōban Expressway'''|常磐自動車道|Jōban Jidōsha-dō}}, abbreviated {{nihongo||常磐道|Jōban-dō}}, is a national [[Expressways of Japan|expressway]] in Japan. It is owned and operated by [[East Nippon Expressway Company]]. It is signed '''E6''' under the [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]'s "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/en/list/index.html|title=Japan's Expressway Numbering System|website=www.mlit.go.jp}}</ref>

==Route description==
[[File:Joban expressway Misato tunnel 001.jpg|thumb|The Jōban Expressway near its southern terminus in Misato.]]
The expressway is an important route connecting the greater Tokyo area with [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]], the capital of [[Ibaraki Prefecture]]. Beyond Mito, the expressway follows a northerly route along the coast of the Pacific Ocean to the city of [[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki]] in [[Fukushima Prefecture]]. Continuing north along the coast, the expressway enters the greater [[Sendai]] area. The expressway supplements the [[Tōhoku Expressway]] as an access route between Tokyo and the [[Tōhoku region]].

For most of its length the expressway parallels [[Japan National Route 6|National Route 6]] and the [[Jōban Line]] of [[East Japan Railway Company]].

The expressway gets within about six kilometers from the damaged [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]]. On a {{convert|14.3|km|abbr=on}} of the expressway opened on 1 March 2015, signs update drivers about what the radiation level is in the impacted area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Highway to Open Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant; No Exits Allowed|author=Jun Hongo|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/02/19/highway-to-open-near-fukushima-nuclear-plant-no-exits-allowed/|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=19 February 2015|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>

===Naming===
Jōban is a [[kanji]] [[acronym]] consisting of two characters. Each character represents a former province of Japan that is passed through by the route: {{nihongo|[[Hitachi Province]]|'''常'''陸国}} representing present-day [[Ibaraki Prefecture]] and {{nihongo|[[Iwaki Province (1868)|Iwaki Province]]|'''磐'''城国}} representing the eastern portion of present-day [[Fukushima Prefecture]]

The expressway carries the Jōban Expressway name from the origin at Misato Junction to [[Watari Interchange]]. From Watari Interchange to the expected terminus at Tomiya-kita Interchange, the Jōban Expressway name is currently an official designation only.<ref>{{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=20 September 2011 }}</ref> The section from Watari Interchange to [[Sendaikō-kita Interchange]] is the [[Sendai-Tōbu Road]], the section from Sendaikō-kita Interchange to [[Rifu Junction]] is the [[Sanriku Expressway]] (Senen Road), and the section from Rifu Junction to the terminus is the [[Sendai-Hokubu Road]]. It is unknown if the naming of these sections will be changed upon completion of the Jōban Expressway.

The expressway has a speed limit of 70&nbsp;km/h between Iwaki-chūō Interchange and its northern terminus at Watari, a limit of 80&nbsp;km/h between its southern terminus and Kashiwa Interchange and between Hitachiminami-Ōta and Iwaki-chūō interchanges, and a speed limit of 100&nbsp;km/h on the remainder of the expressway.

==History==
The first section of the expressway was opened in 1981. The section from [[Jōban-Tomioka Interchange]] to Watari Interchange is under construction,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/open_schedule/tohoku/ | title= E-NEXCO Opening Schedule | access-date= 15 April 2008 }}</ref> and extensions and upgrades to the existing Sendai road network are also planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/sendai/hp/kanjou/hokubu/index.html |title=Sendai Hokubu Road Profile |author=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Tohoku Regional Development Bureau |access-date=2008-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402094437/http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/sendai/hp/kanjou/hokubu/index.html |archive-date=2008-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Incidents and closures===
During the 13 February [[2021 Fukushima earthquake]], landslides buried parts of the expressway, and embankments along it collapsed; however, no vehicles were trapped inside the debris. A {{convert|10|m|ft|adj=mid|-long|sp=us}} section of the expressway at another location was uplifted.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quake causes damage to expressway|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210214_30/|publisher=[[NHK World-Japan]]|date=14 February 2021|accessdate=24 February 2021}}</ref> The damages facilitated the closure of the expressway between Shinchi and Sōma interchanges in Fukushima Prefecture. In response, the [[East Nippon Expressway Company]] deployed heavy equipment to remove boulders and clear up debris along the expressway.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan braces for aftershocks as M7.3 quake injures over 150|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/02/3c2d685287ce-breaking-news-many-injured-in-quake-but-no-deaths-reported-japan-pm-suga.html|access-date=24 February 2021|publisher=Kyodo News|date=14 February 2021}}</ref> By 17 February, the blockages along the expressway were cleared allowing traffic to resume along the route. Fences were also erected along the stricken sections of the expressway to prevent further rockslides.<ref>{{cite news|title=常磐道、４日ぶり開通 新幹線は一部見合わせ続く|trans-title=Jōban Expressway opens for the first time in 4 days. Part of the Shinkansen continues to be suspended.|url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021021701053|publisher=[[Jiji Press]]|language=ja|date=17 February 2021|accessdate=24 February 2021|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217151314/https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021021701053|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==List of junctions and features==
* PA – [[parking area]], SA – [[Rest area|service area]], TB – [[toll gate]]
{{JPNinttop|exit|name}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]]
|pspan=4
|location_special=[[Misato, Saitama (city)|Misato]]
|lspan=4
|km=0.0
|type=trans
|exit=1
|name=Misato
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|C3|dab1=TG}}&nbsp;– [[Ōizumi, Gunma|Ōizumi]], [[Matsudo]]<br/>[[File:JP Expressway E17.svg|37px|link=|alt=E4]]{{hair space}}[[File:JP Expressway E4.svg|27px|link=|alt=E4]]{{jct|country=JPN|Route|298}}&nbsp;– [[Kan-etsu Expressway]], [[Tōhoku Expressway]], Sōka, Central Misato<br/>[[File:Shuto_Urban_Expwy_Sign_C2.svg|24px|link=|alt=C2]] [[File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign 6-Misato.svg|24px|link=|alt=S6]] [[Misato Route]]&nbsp;– to [[Central Circular Route (Shuto Expressway)|Central Circular Route]], [[Ginza]]
|notes=Southern terminus of E6 and the Jōban Expressway; expressway continues as the [[Misato Route]] of the [[Shuto Expressway]] network; Tokyo Gaikan Expressway exit 80
}} 
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=2.2
|km2=2.4
|tunnel=Misato Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=4.2
|exit=TB
|name=Misato
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=4.2
|exit=1-1
|type=ETC
|name=Misato-ryōkinjo
|road=Saitama Prefecture Route 52 (Koshigaya Nagareyama Route) 
|notes=[[Smart interchange]]; northbound entrance, southbound exit
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit|name
|river=[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]–[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] prefecture border
|km=4.9
|km2=6.3
|line=yes
|bridge=Edogawa Bridge over the [[Edo River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]
|pspan=2
|location_special=[[Nagareyama]]
|km=6.1
|exit=1–2
|name=Nagareyama
|road=Chiba Prefectuere Route 5 (Matsudo Noda Route)
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Kashiwa]]
|km=10.8
|exit=2
|name=Kashiwa
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|16}}
|notes=
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit|name
|river=[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]–[[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]] prefecture border
|km=13.0
|km2=13.8
|line=yes
|bridge=Tonegawa Bridge over the [[Tone River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=[[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]]
|pspan=44
|location_special=[[Moriya, Ibaraki|Moriya]]
|km=15.5
|exit=SA
|name=Moriya
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki|Tsukubamirai]]
|lspan=2
|km=19.1
|exit=3
|name=Yawara
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|294}}
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=20.4
|km2=20.6
|tunnel=Kokaigawa Bridge over the [[Kokai River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Tsukuba, Ibaraki|Tsukuba]]
|lspan=3
|km=30.3
|exit=4
|name=Yatabe
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture Route 19 (Toride Tsukuba Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=34.6
|exit=4-1
|name=Tsukuba
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|C4}}
|notes=Ken-Ō Expressway exit 80
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=36.1
|exit=PA
|name=Yatabe-higashi
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Tsuchiura]]
|lspan=2
|km=38.7
|exit=5
|name=Sakura-Tsuchiura
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|354}} 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=46.6
|exit=6
|name=Tsuchiura-kita
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|125}} 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Kasumigaura, Ibaraki|Kasumigaura]]
|lspan=2
|km=50.4
|exit=PA
|name=Chiyoda
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=54.7
|exit=7
|name=Chiyoda-Ishioka
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|6}} 
|notes=
}}
{{jcttunnel|exit|name
|location_special=[[Kasumigaura, Ibaraki|Kasumigaura]]–[[Ishioka, Ibaraki|Ishioka]] border
|km=56.2
|km2=56.8
|line=yes
|bridge=Koisegawa Bridge over the [[Koise River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Ishioka, Ibaraki|Ishioka]]
|km=60.9
|type=ETC
|exit=7-1
|name=Ishioka-Omitama
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|355}} 
|notes=Smart interchange
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Omitama]]
|km=63.2
|exit=PA
|name=Minori
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Kasama, Ibaraki|Kasama]]
|lspan=4
|km=69.1
|exit=8
|name=Iwama
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture Route 43 (Ibaraki Iwama Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=71.2
|km2=71.4
|tunnel=Hinumagawa Bridge over the [[Hinuma River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=72.8
|type=ETC
|exit=SA / 8-1
|name=Tomobe
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture routes 16 (Ōarai Tomobe Route) / 52 (Ishioka Shirosato Route) 
|notes=Smart interchange
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=74.0
|exit=8-2
|name=Tomobe
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E50|dab1=K}}
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]]
|lspan=5
|km=82.0
|exit=9
|name=Mito
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|50}}
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=85.6
|exit=PA
|name=Tano
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=86.6
|km2=87.0
|tunnel=Tano Overpass
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=87.7
|exit=9-1
|type=ETC
|name=Mito-kita
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|123}}, Ibaraki Prefecture routes 51 (Mito Motegi Route) / 63 (Mito Katsuta Nakaminato Route) 
|notes=Smart interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=88.2
|km2=88.7
|tunnel=Nakagawa Bridge over the [[Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki)|Naka River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Naka, Ibaraki|Naka]]
|km=93.8
|exit=10
|name=Naka
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture Route 65 (Naka Inter Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Tōkai, Ibaraki|Tōkai]]
|km=101.7
|exit=PA / 10-1
|type=ETC
|name=Tōkai
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture Route 62 (Hitachinaka Port Yamagata Route) 
|notes=Smart interchange
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|location_special=Naka–[[Hitachi, Ibaraki|Hitachi]] border
|km=102.8
|km2=103.5
|tunnel=Kujigawa Bridge over the [[Kuji River (Ibaraki)|Kuji River]]
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Hitachi, Ibaraki|Hitachi]]
|km=105.3
|exit=11
|name=Hitachiminami-Ōta
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|6|Route|293}}
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|location_special=[[Hitachiōta, Ibaraki|Hitachiōta]]
|km=108.4
|km2=110.8
|tunnel=Hitachi Tunnel
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|location_special=Hitachi
|lspan=11
|km=110.8
|km2=112.6
|tunnel=Ōkubo tunnels
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=112.6
|km2=113.9
|tunnel=Suwa tunnels
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=114.4
|km2=115.2
|tunnel=Narusawa Tunnel
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=115.2
|km2=117.0
|tunnel=Sukegawa Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=117.5
|exit=PA / 11-1 
|name=Hitachi-chūō
|road=[[File:Japan_road_sign_325.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[Hitachi Toll Road]] north
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=118.1
|km2=118.2
|tunnel=Sukegawa Tunnel
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=118.2
|km2=118.8
|tunnel=Daiōin Tunnel
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=119.1
|km2=121.0
|tunnel=Kurakake Tunnel
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=122.7
|km2=122.9
|tunnel=Ogitsu Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=124.3
|exit=12
|name=Hitachi-kita
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|6}}<br>Ibaraki Prefecture Route 10 (Hitachi Iwaki Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=126.2
|km2=126.5
|tunnel=Jūō Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Takahagi, Ibaraki|Takahagi]]
|km=135.2
|exit=13
|name=Takahagi
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture Route 67 (Takahagi Inter Route)  
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki|Kitaibaraki]]
|lspan=5
|km=136.6
|exit=SA
|name=Nakagō
|road= 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=142.4
|exit=14
|name=Kitaibaraki
|road=Ibaraki Prefecture Route 69 (Kitaibaraki Inter Route)  
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=146.7
|km2=148.1
|tunnel=Sekinami Tunnel
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=148.3
|km2=148.5
|tunnel=Sekimoto Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=150.3
|exit=PA
|name=Sekimoto
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=[[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]]
|pspan=21
|location_special=[[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki]]
|lspan=10
|km=154.5
|exit=15
|name=Iwaki-Nakoso
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|289}} 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=161.0
|exit=15-1
|type=unbuilt
|name=Iwaki-Onahama
|road=Fukushima Prefecture Route 20 (Iwaki Kamimisaka Ono Route) 
|notes=Scheduled to be in service on 2025.<ref name="minyu-20240117">{{Cite news|title=Onahama Road to open in Fiscal Year 2025, 8.3 km; process review delayed 2 years|newspaper=[[Fukushima Minyu Shimbun]]|date=17 January 2024|accessdate=2024-01-18|url=https://www.minyu-net.com/news/news/FM20240117-831948.php}}</ref>}
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=167.1
|exit=16
|name=Iwaki-Yumoto
|road=Fukushima Prefecture Route 14 (Iwaki Ishikawa Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=169.4
|exit=PA
|name=Yunotake
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=171.2
|exit=16-1
|name=Iwaki
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E49|dir1=west}}
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=175.5
|exit=17
|name=Iwaki-chūō
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|49}}
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=179.4
|km2=179.8
|tunnel=Natsuigawa Bridge
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=185.7
|exit=PA
|name=Yotsukura
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=188.3
|exit=18
|name=Iwaki-Yotsukura
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 35 (Iwaki Namie Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|km=194.3
|km2=194.8
|tunnel=Ōhisa Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Hirono, Fukushima|Hirono]]
|km=202.1
|exit=19
|name=Hirono
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 393 (Kamikitaba Shimokitaba Route) 
|notes=
}}
{{Jcttunnel|exit|name
|location_special=[[Naraha, Fukushima|Naraha]]
|lspan=2
|km=197.5
|km2=198.9
|tunnel=Kidogawa Bridge
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=207.4
|exit=PA / 19-1
|type=ETC
|name=Naraha
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 35 (Iwaki Namie Route) 
|notes=Smart interchange
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Tomioka, Fukushima|Tomioka]]
|km=218.5
|exit=20
|name=Jōban-Tomioka
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 36 (Ono Tomioka Route)  
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Ōkuma, Fukushima|Ōkuma]]
|km=222.5
|exit=20-1
|name=Ōkuma
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 251 (Oragahama Nogami Route)   
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Futaba, Fukushima|Futaba]]
|km=227.9
|exit=20-2
|name=Jōban-Futaba
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 256 (Ide Nagatsuka Route)   
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Namie, Fukushima|Namie]]
|km=232.8
|exit=21
|name=Namie
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|114|Route|459}}  
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Minamisōma]]
|lspan=2
|km=251.2
|exit=22
|name=Minami-Sōma
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 12 (Haramachi Kawamata Route)  
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=257.7
|type=ETC
|exit=SA / 22-1
|name=Minami-Sōma Kashima
|road=Fukushima	Prefecture Route 34 (Sōma Namie Route)  
|notes=Smart interchange; SIC only open between 06:00–22:00 
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Sōma, Fukushima|Sōma]]
|km=265.6
|exit=23
|name=Sōma
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E13|dab1=TC|dir1=north}}&nbsp;– [[Fukushima (city)|Fukushima]]<br>{{jct|country=JPN|Route|115}}&nbsp;– Central Sōma, Fukushima
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Shinchi, Fukushima|Shinchi]]
|km=274.1
|exit=24
|name=Shinchi
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|113}}  
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=[[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
|pspan=4
|location_special=[[Yamamoto, Miyagi|Yamamoto]]
|lspan=2
|km=280.6
|exit=24-1
|type=ETC
|name=Yamamoto-minami
|road=Miyagi Prefecture Route 44 (Kakuda Yamamoto Route) 
|notes=Smart interchange
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=288.9
|exit=25
|name=Yamamoto
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|6}}  
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Watari, Miyagi|Watari]]
|lspan=2
|km=295.0
|type=ETC
|exit=PA / 25-1
|name=Torinoumi
|road=Miyagi Prefecture Route 38 (Sōma Watari Route) via Watari SIC Line  
|notes=Smart interchange
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=300.4
|exit=1
|type=trans
|name=Watari
|road=Miyagi Prefecture Route 269 (Watari Inter Route)<br>{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E6|dab1=ST|dir1=north}}
|notes=Northern terminus of the Jōban Expressway; E6 continues north as the Sendai-Tōbu Road
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=ETC,incomplete,trans,unbuilt|col=8}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Joban Expressway}}
*{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/ East Nippon Expressway Company]

{{East Nippon Expressway Company}}
{{Expressways of Japan}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord missing|Japan}}

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