Isewangan Expressway

Isewangan Expressway sign Isewangan Expressway
伊勢湾岸自動車道
Route information
Length:	56.4 km (35.0 mi)
Existed:	1985 – present
Major junctions
From:	Toyota-higashi Junction in Toyota, Aichi New Tōmei Expressway Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway
To:	Yokkaichi-kita Junction in Yokkaichi, Mie Shinmeishin Expressway Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway
Location
Major cities:	Nagoya, Kuwana
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Isewangan Expressway (伊勢湾岸自動車道, Isewangan Jidōshadō) is a national expressway in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company.

Naming

The route primarily follows the north shore of Ise Bay (wangan means bayshore in Japanese).

Officially, the route has 3 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 (高速自動車国道に並行する一般国道自動車専用道路, Kōsoku Jidōsha Kokudō ni Heikōsuru Ippan Kokudō Jidōsha Senyō Dōro). 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 New Tōmei Expressway to the east and Shinmeishin Expressway to the west. These 3 expressways will replace the Tōmei Expressway and Meishin Expressway as the primary roadway linking Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.

The first segment (Meikō-Chūō Interchange to Tobishima Interchange) was opened in 1985 as the Isewangan Road and the most recent addition was opened in 2005. The final segment (Yokkaichi Junction to Yokkaichi-kita Junction) is planned to connect with extensions to the Shinmeishin Expressway and Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway. The route is 6 lanes for its entire length.

The expressway features several impressive bridges. Three bridges span the Nagoya Port area (collectively known as the Meikō Triton) and two bridges span the Kiso River and Ibi River (collectively known as the Twinkle Bridges).

List of interchanges and features

• IC - interchange, JCT - junction, PA - parking area, BR - bridge

No.	Name	Connections	Dist. from Origin	Dist. from Terminus	Notes	Location
Through to New Tōmei Expressway (Planned)
1	Toyota-higashi JCT	Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway	0.0	56.4		Toyota	Aichi
BR	Toyota Arrows Bridge		↓	↑	Yahagi River crossing Cable-stayed bridge, Length - 820 m
2	Toyota-higashi IC	National Route 248	3.1	53.3
(19-1)	Toyota JCT	Tōmei Expressway	5.0	51.4
3	Toyota-minami IC	Pref. Route 56 (Nagoya Okazaki Route)	12.6	43.8
PA	Kariya PA		15.9	40.5	Highway Oasis	Kariya
4	Toyoake IC	National Route 1 National Route 23 (Meishi Highway/Chiryū Bypass) Pref. Route 57 (Seto Ōbu Tōkai Route)	20.2	36.2		Toyoake
5	Nagoya-minami JCT	Higashi-Meihan Expressway (Planned) 20px Nagoya Expressway Ōdaka Route	25.5	30.9		Midori-ku, Nagoya
	Nagoya-minami IC	National Route 23 (Meishi Highway)			Toyota-bound exit, Yokkaichi-bound entrance only
6	Ōbu IC	Chitahantō Road (Ōbu-nishi IC) 20px National Route 302	27.0	29.4		Ōbu
						Tōkai
7	Tōkai IC	20px National Route 302 20px National Route 247	29.9	26.5
	Tōkai JCT	20px Nagoya Expressway Tōkai Route			Under construction
BR	Meikō-higashi Bridge		↓	↑	Cable-stayed bridge Length - 700 m
						Minato-ku, Nagoya
8	Meikō-Shiomi IC	Pref. Route 225 (Nagoya Higashi Kō Route)	32.4	24.0
BR	Meikō-chūō Bridge		↓	↑	Cable-stayed bridge Length - 1,170 m
9	Meikō-chūō IC		34.8	21.6
BR	Meikō-nishi Bridge		↓	↑	Cable-stayed bridge Length - 758 m
						Tobishima
10	Tobishima IC	20px National Route 302	37.6	18.8
11	Wangan-Yatomi IC	Pref. Route 71 (Nagoya Nishi Kō Route)	40.5	15.9	Yokkaichi-bound exit, Toyota-bound entrance only	Yatomi
12	Yatomi-Kisozaki IC	Pref. Route 103　(Yokkaichi Suzuka Route)	43.3	13.1	Toyota-bound exit, Yokkaichi-bound entrance only
BR	Kisogawa Bridge		↓	↑	Length - 1,145m
						Kuwana	Mie
13/PA	Wangan-Nagashima IC/PA	Pref. Route 7 (Suigō Kōen Route)	45.9	10.5
BR	Ibigawa Bridge		↓	↑	Length - 1,397m
14	Wangan-Kuwana IC	Pref. Route 69 (Wangan-Kuwana Inter Route)	48.4	8.0
BR	Inabegawa Bridge		↓	↑
						Kawagoe
15	Mie-Kawagoe IC	National Route 23 (Meishi Highway) Pref. Route 401 (Kuwana Yokkaichi Route)	50.2	6.2
16	Mie-Asahi IC	Pref. Route 66 (Yokkaichi Asahi Route)	54.2	2.2	Toyota-bound exit, Yokkaichi-bound entrance only	Yokkaichi
(29-1)	Yokkaichi JCT	Higashi-Meihan Expressway	56.4	0.0
<1>	Yokkaichi-kita JCT	Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway			Planned
Through to Shin-Meishin Expressway (Planned)

Gallery

• Toyota Arrows bridge01.jpg

  Toyota Arrows Bridge

• 名港トリトン01.jpg

  Meikō Triton view from the west

• Meiko-Higashi Bridge.jpg

  Meikō-higashi Bridge

• 名港中央大橋.jpg

  Meikō-chūō Bridge

• Meiko Nishi Bridges-3.jpg

  Meikō-nishi Bridge

• Twinkle Kisogawa bridge02.jpg

  Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge

• Twinkle Kisogawa bridge01.jpg

  Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge

• Twinkle Ibigawabashi (bridge) with Nagashima spaland.jpg

  Twinkle Ibigawa Bridge and Nagashima Spaland

• Twinkle Ibigawabashi03.jpg

  Twinkle Ibigawa Bridge at night

• Furukawa Vd Isewangan Xpwy01.jpg

  Furukawa Viaduct

External links

• Central Nippon Expressway Company