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 represented in Japanese as 東海環状道; this is done to prevent confusion with the Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway.
Although the road is named as an expressway, it is not recognized as a national expressway. Officially it is a (motor vehicles must have a displacement of at least 125 cc). However, the design standard of the Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway is similar to most national expressways.
Overview
Once completed, the expressway will form a 160 km ring road for the Tōkai Region. It is hoped that the expressway will reduce traffic congestion, link important industrial and manufacturing centers in the region, and facilitate access to Chubu International Airport and tourist areas in rural Gifu Prefecture.
Currently 134.6 km of the route has been opened to traffic. This section was opened in 2005 to coincide with the opening of Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture. There are 4 lanes of traffic from Toyota-higashi Junction to Toki Junction, and 2 lanes from Toki Junction to Mino-Seki Junction.
List of interchanges and features
IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area
No.NameConnectionsDist. fromOriginNotesLocation1Toyota-higashi JCT Shin-Tōmei Expressway Isewangan Expressway0.0ToyotaAichi2Toyota-Matsudaira IC National Route 3013.42-1PAKuragaike PA/SICPref. Route 343 (Norisada Toyota Route)6.3Highway Oasis3Toyota-Kanpachi IC National Route 153 (Toyota-kita Bypass)9.74Toyota-Fujioka ICPref. Route 13 (Toyota Tajimi Route)15.45PASeto-Akazu IC/PA National Route 248Pref. Route 22 (Seto Kanjō Route)Pref. Route 33 (Seto Shitara Route)23.2Seto6Seto-Shinano IC National Route 36326.07Toki-minami Tajimi ICPref. Route 382 (Toki-minami Tajimi Inter Route)36.9TokiGifu30-1Toki JCT Chūō Expressway39.87-1PAGotomaki PA/SICPref. Route 84 (Toki Kani Route)41.5Smart Interchange Opened on February 28, 20138Kani-Mitake IC National Route 21 (Kani-Mitake Bypass)50.3KaniMitake9SAMinokamo IC/SA National Route 41 (Minokamo Bypass)Pref. Route 342 (Heisei Kinen Kōen Route)59.7Highway OasisMinokamo10Tomika-Seki ICPref. Route 58 (Seki Kanayama Route)Pref. Route 343 (Tomika Mino Route)66.0Tomika5-1Mino-Seki JCT Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway73.0Mino11Seki-Hiromi IC National Route 41875.9Opened on April 18, 2009Seki11-1PAGifu-Miwa PA/SICPref. Route 59 (Kitano Otogari Route)79.9Opened on March 20, 2020Gifu12Yamagata IC National Route 256 (Takatomi Bypass)84.9Opened on March 20, 2020Yamagata13Gifu ICPref. Route 208 (Gifu Sekigahara Route)91.7Opened on April 4, 2025Gifu14Motosu IC National Route 15796.8Opened on April 4, 2025Motosu-Motosu PA98.4Opened on August 30, 202515Ōno-Gōdo ICPref. Route 53 (Gifu Sekigahara Route)103.6Opened on December 14, 2019Ōno16Ōgaki-nishi IC National Route 21 (Gidai Bypass)Pref. Route 50 (Ōgaki Kanjō Route)111.1Opened on September 15, 2012Ōgaki26-1Yōrō JCT Meishin Expressway117.2Opened on September 15, 2012Yōrō17Yōrō ICPref. Route 213 (Yōrō Hirata Route)120.3Opened on October 22, 2017<17-1PA>Kaizu PA/SIC--PlannedKaizu<17-2PA>Hokusei PA/SIC--PlannedInabeMie18Inabe ICPref. Route 5 (Hokusei Tado Route)138.4Opened on March 29, 202519Daian IC National Route 365 (Inabe Bypass)144.9Opened on March 17, 201920Tōin IC National Route 365 (Inabe Bypass)151.3Opened on August 11, 2016Tōin1Shin-Yokkaichi JCT Isewangan Expressway Shinmeishin Expressway 152.7Opened on August 11, 2016Yokkaichi
References
External links Central Nippon Expressway Company