The is a 2-laned
toll road
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in
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan
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. It is owned and operated by
East Nippon Expressway Company
The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Pub ...
.
Overview
The route is officially designated as a bypass for
National Route 127, however it is functionally an extension of the
Tateyama Expressway. As such it is classified as a
with the same design standard as other
national expressways.
The road extends southward from the terminus of the Tateyama Expressway. It
terminates at an intersection with a local road just to the north of
Tateyama Tateyama may refer to:
People with the surname
* Midori Tateyama, Japanese writer
* Shohei Tateyama (born 1981), Japanese baseball player
* Yoshinori Tateyama (born 1975), Japanese baseball player
* Homarefuji Yoshiyuki (born 1985), Japanese su ...
, a city on the
Bōsō Peninsula
The is a peninsula that encompasses the entirety of Chiba Prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula covers ...
.
The first section was opened to traffic in 1999 and the entire route was completed in 2004.
List of interchanges and features
* IC -
interchange, PA -
parking area
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, TN -
tunnel
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References
External links
East Nippon Expressway Company
{{coord missing, Chiba Prefecture
Toll roads in Japan