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. It is owned and managed 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 ...

Route description

Officially the road is designated as National Route 271 as well as E85 under their "Expressway Numbering System." The entire road is built to a standard similar to that of an urban expressway and is classified as a road for (motor vehicles must have a displacement of at least 125 cc). The road connects western Kanagawa Prefecture (including the popular

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resort town of

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) with

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through the

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. The route parallels Route 1 until Ōiso, where it then follows a northeasterly route through

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and Isehara before terminating in Atsugi. The road was opened in 1969 with 2 lanes. Expansion to 4 lanes was completed in 1978. For toll collection purposes the road is divided into an Odawara section and an Atsugi section, with

Ōiso Interchange file:OISO.jpg, 260px, Ōiso Long Beach resort is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 31,101 and a population density of 1800 persons per km². The total area of the town ...

as the dividing point. The toll for a normal passenger car to use one section is 350 yen.

List of interchanges and features

Odawara-higashi Interchange with Mount Fuji in the background * IC - interchange, PA -

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, TB -

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References

External links

Central Nippon Expressway Company
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271 __NOTOC__ Year 271 ( CCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelianus and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 1024 '' ...