The is a national expressway in the

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. 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 C ...

Naming

The route primarily follows the north shore of

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(wangan means bayshore in Japanese). Officially, the route has three designations. The section from Toyota-higashi Junction to Tōkai Junction is referred to as part of the Second Tōkai Expressway. The section from Tōkai Junction to Tobishima Interchange is referred to as part of National Route 302. This section is not classified as a national expressway but rather as a national highway for motor vehicles only with national expressway concurrency. There is no difference in the design standard of this section compared with the rest of the expressway. Finally, the section from Tobishima Interchange to Yokkaichi-kita Junction is referred to as part of the Kinki Expressway Nagoya Kobe Route.

Overview

The Isewangan is planned to link the future Shin-Tōmei Expressway to the east and Shin-Meishin Expressway to the west. These 3 expressways will replace the

Tōmei Expressway The is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. The expressway is designated as E1 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering", because it parallels N ...

and

Meishin Expressway The , or Nagoya-Kōbe Expressway is a toll expressway in Japan. It runs from a junction with the Tōmei Expressway in Komaki, Aichi (outside Nagoya) west to Nishinomiya, Hyōgo (between Osaka and Kobe). It is the main road link between Osaka an ...

as the primary roadway linking

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, and

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. The first segment ( Meikō-Chūō Interchange to

Tobishima Interchange Meiko West Bridge is a village located in Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, in the Tōkai region of Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 4,609 in 1765 households, and a population density of 206 persons per km². The total area of ...

) was opened in 1985 as the Isewangan Road and the most recent addition was opened in 2005. The final segment (

Yokkaichi Junction is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in north-centra ...

to Yokkaichi-kita Junction) is planned to connect with extensions to the Shin-Meishin Expressway and

Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway The (lit. Tōkai Ring Expressway) is a toll road in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and managed by Central Nippon Expressway Company. Naming Officially, the route is designated as National Route 475. On some signs, the expressway is re ...

. The route is 6 lanes for its entire length. The expressway features several bridges. Three bridges span the Nagoya Port area (collectively known as the Meikō Triton) and two bridges span the

Kiso River The is a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (200 ...

and Ibi River (collectively known as the Twinkle Bridges).

List of interchanges and features

* IC - interchange, JCT -

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, PA - parking area, BR -

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Gallery

image:Toyota Arrows bridge01.jpg, Toyota Arrows Bridge image:名港トリトン01.jpg, Meikō Triton view from the west File:Meiko-Higashi Bridge.jpg, Meikō-higashi Bridge image:名港中央大橋.jpg, Meikō-chūō Bridge File:Meiko Nishi Bridges-3.jpg, Meikō-nishi Bridge image:Twinkle Kisogawa bridge02.jpg, Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge image:Twinkle Kisogawa bridge01.jpg, Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge image:Twinkle Ibigawabashi (bridge) with Nagashima spaland.jpg, Twinkle Ibigawa Bridge and Nagashima Spaland image:Twinkle Ibigawabashi03.jpg, Twinkle Ibigawa Bridge at night image:Furukawa_Vd_Isewangan_Xpwy01.jpg, Furukawa Viaduct

References

External links

Central Nippon Expressway Company
{{coord missing, Japan Expressways in Japan