The is a national

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It is owned and operated by

Central Nippon Expressway Company The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public Co ...

Naming

The name is a

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consisting of characters found in the former names of the provinces linked by the expressway. consists of the eastern part of present-day Wakayama Prefecture, and consists of present-day

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

. The expressway is officially designated as the Hanwa Expressway Kisei Route, however this designation does not appear on any signage.

Overview

The first section of the expressway was opened in 2006 (from the origin to Ōmiya-Ōdai Interchange). Another section (to Kisei-Ouchiyama Interchange) opened in 2009 and the next section (to Kii-Nagashima Interchange) opened in 2013. The expressway beyond this point is still in the planning stages and will be built according to the New Direct Control System. Under this system, the financial burden for planning and building expressways will be shared by both the national and local governments; this differs from the established system which is carried out exclusively by the national government. Expressways built under this system are also planned to be toll-free. The route is 2 lanes for its entire length, with some overtaking areas. The speed limit is 70 km/h.

List of interchanges and features

* (IC - interchange, JCT -

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, PA - parking area, TB -

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, TN - tunnel, BR -

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Between Seiwa-Taki Junction and Owase-minami Interchange

Between Nanki-Tanabe and Susami-minami Interchanges

References

External links

Central Nippon Expressway Company
{{coord missing, Mie Prefecture Expressways in Japan Proposed roads in Japan Roads in Mie Prefecture