Higashi-KantÅ Expressway
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Prefecture:
- Chiba
- Ibaraki
The Higashi- Kanto Expressway (Japanese东 关 东 自动 车道, Higashi Kanto Jidōshadō; German "East- Kantō Expressway " ) is a highway in Japan. and crosses the Chiba prefecture east of the main Japanese island of Honshu Ichikawa to Katori and ends after a few kilometers in Ibaraki Prefecture on Itako Interchange ( Itako Intāchenji ) in Itako. The 74.5 km long highway is from the East Japan motorway operator company Higashi Nihon - Kōsokudōro KK (English East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.. , NEXCO ) and is operated as a "national mainline " ( Kokkandō, short for国土 开 発 干线 自动 车道, Kokudo Kaihatsu Opportunities and Combating jidōshadō ) classified.
Street Description
At the height of the Edogawa River on the Bayshore Route of Yokohama and Tokyo Higashi - Kanto Expressway starts here and has 2x3 lanes. It passes through the northern ports of Tokyo Bay at the Funabashi City with 582,000 inhabitants. The highway runs parallel to the Keiyo Road, which runs just to the north. You can reach the city of Chiba, one of the largest suburbs of Tokyo with about 930,000 inhabitants. The highway then turns to the northeast and crosses the Keiyo Road at the intersection Miyanogi. The Keiyo Road also leads from Tokyo to Chiba and then goes further south. The Higashi- Kanto Expressway continues into the interior away from Chiba. The highway has 2x3 lanes and leads through a typical Japanese suburbs with houses. It then comes the city of Sakura, where a typical Dutch windmill. In the city of Narita is the highway link to Narita International Airport, the main international airport of Tokyo. After the airport expressway, the road narrows to 2x2 lanes. It is here already 50 kilometers away from downtown Tokyo. This area is hilly with some woods. Then the river Tone crossed the second river of Japan. Just before the town of Kashima the highway ends as Itako.
History
The first section of the Higashi- Kanto Expressway between Miyano ( in Chiba, Chiba ) and Tomisato was opened in 1971 as Shin- Kuko Expressway ( " New - airport highway "). A year later, the extension followed by the Narita Interchange. After the completion of the New Tokyo International Airport in 1978 it was renamed in 1979 in Higashi - Kanto Expressway; only completed in 1978 connection from Narita Interchange to the airport is still called Shin- Kuko Expressway. In 1982, the section from Ichikawa was opened to Miyano. 1985 and 1986 followed the east extensions up Taiei (Narita, Chiba ) and Sawarakatori ( Katori, Chiba ). The section following Itako was finally opened in 1987.
Opening the data highway
Course
- Chiba Prefecture Ichikawa - Funabashi - Narashino - Chiba - Yotsukaido - Sakura - Tomisato - Narita - Katori
- Itako
Future
The section between Kashima and Ibaraki to be opened by the year 2015.
Traffic
The part in Funabashi is the richest traffic with 106,700 vehicles per day. By the end of the motorway at Itako there are still 10,600 vehicles per day.