Kita-Kantō Expressway

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Kita-Kantō Expressway sign
Kita-Kantō Expressway
北関東自動車道 E50
Route information
Length87.3 km[1] (54.2 mi)
Existed2000[2]–present
Major junctions
From in Takasaki, Gunma
E17 Expressway (Japan).png Kan-Etsu Expressway
To in Mito, Ibaraki
Japanese National Route Sign 0006.svgE50 Higashi-Mito Road
Japanese National Route Sign 0006.svg National Route 6
Location
Major citiesMaebashi, 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 was 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 E17 Expressway (Japan).png Kan-Etsu Expressway 0.0 Takasaki Gunma
BR
Maebashi
1 Pref. Route 11 (Maebashi Tamamura Route) 3.0
2 Pref. Route 2 (Maebashi Tatebayashi Route) 7.5
2-1
PA 		11.7 Isesaki
3 Japanese National Route Sign 0017.svg National Route 17 () 14.5
4 Pref. Route 315 (Ōhara Sakai Mitsugi Route) 19.9 Ōta
4-1
PA 		26.6
5 Japanese National Route Sign 0122.svg National Route 122 30.5
6 Japanese National Route Sign 0293.svg National Route 293 40.8 Ashikaga Tochigi
PA 46.9
7 49.1 Sano
7-1 Tōhoku Expressway 54.4 Tochigi
Concurrency with E50 Tōhoku Expressway
(8-1) Tōhoku Expressway 0.0 Tochigi Tochigi
8 Pref. Route 3 (Utsunomiya Kamewada Tochigi Route) 3.8
PA 8.6 Mibu
9 Pref. Route 71 (Hanyūda Kamikamou Route) 10.1
10 Japanese National Route Sign 0004.svg National Route 4 () 18.5 Utsunomiya
11 Japanese National Route Sign 0408.svg National Route 408 26.0 Mooka
12 Japanese National Route Sign 0050.svg National Route 50 40.9 Sakuragawa Ibaraki
13 Pref. Route 64 (Tsuchiura Kasama Route Bypass) 49.8 Kasama
PA 57.5
14 Japanese National Route Sign 0355.svg National Route 355
Pref. Route 16 (Ōarai Tomobe Route) 		58.9
(8-2) Jōban Expressway 66.3
15 Pref. Route 59 (Tamari Mito Route) 70.4 Ibaraki
15-1 E51 Higashi-Kantō Expressway 72.6
16 Japanese National Route Sign 0006.svg National Route 6 77.2
17 Japanese National Route Sign 0006.svg National Route 6 () 80.6 Mito
Through to Japanese National Route Sign 0006.svgE50 Higashi-Mito Road

References[]

  1. ^ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. ^ "Ibaraki Prefecture Website". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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