Kita-Kantō Expressway

Kita-Kantō Expressway
北関東自動車道
Route information
Length: 87.3 km[1] (54.2 mi)
Existed: 2000[2] – present
Major junctions
From: Takasaki Junction in Takasaki, Gunma
Kan-Etsu Expressway
To: Mito-minani Interchange in Mito, Ibaraki
Higashi-Mito Road
National Route 6
Location
Major cities: Maebashi, Isesaki, Ōta, Shimotsuke, Utsunomiya, Mooka, Sakuragawa, Kasama
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan
Expressway and Mt. Nikko

The Kita-Kantō Expressway (北関東自動車道 Kita-Kantō Jidōsha-dō) (lit. North Kantō Expressway) is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Overview

The route connects the capitals of the 3 northern prefectures in the Kantō region - Maebashi, Utsunomiya, and Mito.

The expressway begins at a junction with the Kan-etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture and heads east along the southern edge of the prefecture. The route ends abruptly in the city of Ōta, however the route will be extended to a junction with the Tōhoku Expressway in Tochigi Prefecture by 2011.[3] The expressway then follows the route of the Tōhoku Expressway northward for about 13 km, then diverges from this expressway following an easterly course once more. It runs through the southern areas of Utsunomiya and heads into eastern areas of Tochigi Prefecture, where the route terminates once again in the city of Mooka. The section connecting Tochigi and Ibaraki Prefectures is scheduled to be completed in 2009.[3] From Sakuragawa in western Ibaraki, the route continues towards a junction with the Jōban Expressway and runs along the southern edge of the Mito city area, where the expressway has its final terminus. At the terminus, the Higashi-Mito Road continues towards the Pacific Ocean coastline using the same roadway.

The route runs parallel to National Route 50 for most of its length.

List of interchanges and features

No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin		 Notes Location
9-1 Takasaki JCT Kan-Etsu Expressway 0.0 Takasaki Gunma
BR Tonegawa Bridge
Maebashi
1 Maebashi-minami IC Pref. Route 11 (Maebashi Tamamura Route) 3.0
2 Komagawa IC Pref. Route 2 (Maebashi Tatebayashi Route) 7.5
PA Hashie PA 11.7 Isesaki
3 Isesaki IC National Route 17 (Jōbu Road) 14.5
4 Ōta-Yabuzuka IC Pref. Route 315 (Ōhara Sakai Mitsugi Route) 19.9 Ōta
PA Ōta PA
5 Ōta-Kiryū IC National Route 122 30.5
SA Watarasegawa SA Ashikaga Tochigi
6 Ashikaga IC National Route 293 40.8
7 Sano-Tanuma IC 49.1 Sano
7-1 Iwafune JCT Tōhoku Expressway 54.4 Tochigi
Concurrent with Tōhoku Expressway
(8-1) Tochigi-Tsuga JCT Tōhoku Expressway 0.0 Tochigi Tochigi
8 Tsuga IC Pref. Route 3 (Utsunomiya Kamewada Tochigi Route) 3.8
PA Mibu PA 8.6 Mibu
9 Mibu IC Pref. Route 71 (Hanyūda Kamikamou Route) 10.1
10 Utsunomiya-Kaminokawa IC National Route 4 (Route 4 Bypass) 18.5 Utsunomiya
11 Mooka IC National Route 408 26.0 Mooka
12 Sakuragawa-Chikusei IC National Route 50 40.9 Sakuragawa Ibaraki
13 Kasama-nishi IC Pref. Route 64 (Tsuchiura Kasama Route Bypass) 49.8 Kasama
PA Kasama PA 57.5
14 Tomobe IC National Route 355
Pref. Route 16 (Ōarai Tomobe Route)		 58.9
(8-2) Tomobe JCT Jōban Expressway 66.3
15 Ibarakimachi-nishi IC Pref. Route 59 (Tamari Mito Route) 70.4 Ibaraki
<15-1> Ibaraki JCT Higashi-Kantō Expressway Opens in 2009
16 Ibarakimachi-higashi IC National Route 6 77.2
17 Mito-minami IC National Route 6 (Mito Bypass) 80.6 Mito
Through to Higashi-Mito Road

References

  1. ↑ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Ibaraki Prefecture Website". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. 1 2 "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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