Higashi-Kantō Expressway

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Higashi-Kantō Expressway over the Tone River.

The (lit. East Kantō Expressway) is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Overview

Officially the expressway is referred to as the Higashi-Kantō Expressway Mito Route.

The expressway commences at a junction with the Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route in western Chiba Prefecture and follows an easterly course which parallels Tokyo Bay. Just before Miyanogi Junction where the expressway meets the Keiyō Road, the route branches away from the bay and heads inland in a northeasterly direction. It continues through Chiba Prefecture, though the city of Narita, and crossing the Tone River into Ibaraki Prefecture where the expressway reaches its current terminus in Itako.

The expressway is an important route linking the greater Tokyo area with Narita International Airport. At Narita Junction travellers must switch to the Shin-Kūkō Expressway to travel the remaining distance to the airport proper.

Currently the expressway extends from Wangan-Ichikawa Interchange to Itako Interchange, however plans are underway to extend the expressway to a junction with the Kita-Kantō Expressway near Mito, Ibaraki.

The expressway is 6 lanes from the origin to Narita Junction, and the remainder is 4 lanes. The speed limit is Template:Cvt from the origin to Chiba-kita Interchange, Template:Cvt from Yotsukaidō Interchange to Narita Interchange, and other sections are Template:Cvt.

List of interchanges and features

• IC - interchange, JCT - junction, PA - parking area, SA - service area, BR - bridge, TB - toll gate

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Dist. from Terminus	Notes	Location
Through to File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign B.svg Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route
	Ichikawa JCT		Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Ichikawa	Chiba
1	Kōya JCT	File:JP Expressway C3.svg Tokyo Gaikan Expressway
2	Wangan-Ichikawa IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0357.svg National Route 357	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Ichikawa-bound exit, Itako-bound entrance only
2-1	Yatsu-Funabashi IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0357.svg National Route 357 Pref. Route 15 (Chiba Funabashi-Kaihin Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Itako-bound exit, Ichikawa-bound entrance only	Funabashi
3	Wangan-Narashino IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0357.svg National Route 357	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Itako-bound exit, Ichikawa-bound entrance only	Narashino
TB	Narashino Toll Gate		↓	↑
PA	Wangan-Makuhari PA		Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Mihama-ku, Chiba
4	Wangan-Chiba IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0357.svg National Route 357	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Ichikawa-bound exit, Itako-bound entrance only
5	Miyanogi JCT	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0014.svgFile:JP Expressway E14.svg Keiyō Road	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	No access: Keiyō southbound → Higashi-Kantō westbound Higashi-Kantō eastbound → Keiyō northbound	Inage-ku, Chiba
6	Chiba-kita IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0016.svg National Route 16	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
7	Yotsukaidō IC	Pref. Route 64 (Chiba Usui Inzai Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Yotsukaidō
8	Sakura IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0051.svg National Route 51	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Sakura
PA	Shisui PA		Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Shisui
<8-1>	Shisui IC	Template:Jct	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
9	Tomisato IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0409.svg National Route 409	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Tomisato
10	Narita IC/JCT	File:JP Expressway E65.svgTemplate:Jct Shin-Kūkō Expressway File:Japanese National Route Sign 0295.svg National Route 295 – Narita International Airport	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Narita
<10-1>	Taiei JCT	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0468.svgFile:JP Expressway C4.svg Ken-Ō Expressway	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
PA	Taiei PA		Template:Convert	Template:Convert
11	Taiei IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0051.svg National Route 51	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
12	Sawara Katori IC	Pref. Route 55 (Sawara Yamada Route) Pref. Route 253 (Katori Tsunomiya Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Katori
PA	Sawara PA		Template:Convert	Template:Convert
BR	Tonegawa Bridge		↓	↑	Length - 630 m
BR	Hitachi-Tonegawa Bridge		↓	↑		Itako	Ibaraki
13	Itako IC	Pref. Route 50 (Mito Kamisu Route) Pref. Route 101 (Itako Sawara Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
<14>	Asō IC	Pref. Route 50 (Mito Kamisu Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Planned	Namegata
<15>	Kitaura IC	File:Japanese National Route Sign 0354.svg National Route 354	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Planned
16	Hokota IC	Pref. Route 18 (Ibaraki Kashima Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Hokota
17	Ibaraki-minami IC	Pref. Route 18 (Ibaraki Kashima Route)	Template:Convert	Template:Convert		Ibaraki
15-1	Ibaraki JCT	E50 Kita-Kantō Expressway	Template:Convert	Template:Convert

External links

• Template:In lang East Nippon Expressway Company