[E50] Maintenance effect of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the entire Kita-Kanto Expressway

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March 26, 3rd year of Reiwa
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture) has improved the effect of Kita-Kanto Expressway (Kita Kanto Expressway), which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of the entire line on March 19, 3rd year of Reiwa. I summarized it.
We would like to inform you, including the customers who use Expressway on a regular basis, so that everyone in the area along the railway line can widely understand the progress from the construction of the Kita Kanto Expressway to the present and its effects.

  • 〇Transition of traffic volume after opening (Page 2 [PDF: 1.4MB])
    • Annual usage is about 28 million units / year (2019), and a total of about 400 million units have been used since the first opening.
  • 〇Activation of exchanges between the three prefectures of Kita-Kantou (Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki) (Page 3 [PDF: 1.2MB])
    • Inter-prefecture exchanges are flourishing, such as shortening the time required between the three prefectures in Kita-Kantou and opening a highway bus that connects the prefectures.
  • 〇 Factory location along the Kita Kanto Expressway (Page 6 [PDF: 1.4MB])
    • Industrial agglomeration progresses centered on the Kita Kanto Expressway, and the number of factory locations has doubled from the national average.
  • 〇Formation of sightseeing tour route (Page 8 [PDF: 1.9MB])
    • By shortening the travel time, it is possible to go sightseeing in the northern Kanto region, and the number of tourists entering the area has increased about 1.5 times.
  • 〇Expansion of wide-area Expressway network (Page 11 [PDF: 2.1MB])
    • Various routes can be selected, ensuring redundancy and avoiding traffic congestion in the event of a disaster.

In addition, the following maintenance effects are manifested.

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