We will inform you about the opening of the Higashi-Kanto Expressway between Ibaraki Airport North IC and Ibarakicho JCT
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- We will inform you about the opening of the Higashi-Kanto Expressway between Ibaraki Airport North IC and Ibarakicho JCT
January 22, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shigejiro Yagi) is proceeding with the construction from the Ibaraki Airport North Interchange (IC) on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway to the Ibaraki Town Junction (JCT) connecting to the Kita-Kanto Expressway The extension of 8.8km will be opened.
Opening date and time
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 15:00
Open section
(Toibada, Ibaraki-cho, Higashi-Ibaraki-gun) From
Ibaraki Town JCT
(Ozuru, Ibaraki-cho, Higashi-Ibaraki-gun, Ozuru, Kozuru) Until (8.8km extension)
[Expected maintenance effects for the section opened this time]
Contributes to regional revitalization and a safer life
- The area that can be transported to the third emergency medical institution is approximately 28km 2 It will be Large.
- It is expected that the sales channels of agricultural products such as melons grown along the line will be Large.
- Improve access to Ibaraki Airport
[Expected maintenance effect when all lines are open]
Travel time between regions is significantly reduced
- Travel time from Itako City Hall to Ibaraki Prefectural Office is about 40 minutes shorter than when using a general road.
" Higashi-Kanto Expressway commemoration commemorative experience! Trial campaign" will be held
For customers who use the newly opened Higashi-Kanto Expressway Ibaraki Airport North IC-Ibarakicho JCT at ETC, in addition to the usual ETC mileage points, 20 points (once per use) are uniformly applied to all vehicle types. I will give you a present. Click here for details.
[Outline of "East Kanto Expressway"]
- Higashi-Kanto Expressway Of the Mito Line, the Ibaraki section is Expressway, which is about 50km in length from Itako City, Ibaraki Prefecture to Ibaraki Town, Higashi-Ibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture. We will strengthen access to important ports within the prefecture (Ibaraki Port and Kashima Port) and international bases such as Narita Airport and Ibaraki Airport, and support the strengthening of international power. In addition, cooperation with the northern Kanto region and the metropolitan area is strengthened through the Kita Kanto Expressway and the Chiba Prefecture section of the East Kanto Expressway, and it is expected that the regional economy will develop.
- Overview of this section
- Line name:
- Higashi-Kanto Expressway Mito Line
- Opening section:
- From Ibaraki Airport North IC (Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-cho Toba-da) to Ibaraki-cho JCT (Higashi-Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-cho Kozuru) (extension approximately 8.8) km)
- Access road:
- Main local road Ibaraki Kashima Line (Ibaraki Airport North IC)
- Opening date:
- Saturday, March 6, 2010
- Number of lanes:
- 2 lanes
- Business history:
- March 1997 Maintenance plan decision
December 1998 enforcement order
Construction started in January 1999
[Contribute to revitalization of the local economy and safe living! ]
- The transportation time to the 3rd emergency department will be shortened and the local medical environment will be improved!
30 minutes to National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center (Germany) 2 Large and improving the medical environment for approximately 14,000 new people, we will support a comfortable community life.
- Ibaraki Prefecture produces a lot of agricultural products, but among them, melons are the first in the nation to ship (about 46,000 tons), and about 80% of them are shipped from the areas along the railway lines. Along with the development of Expressway future, it is expected that sales of melons and other agricultural products will be Large to the Kanto Tohoku region (Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano) and the Tohoku region.
[Transit time between regions is greatly reduced]
- Higashi-Kanto Expressway Mito Line is fully opened, the distance traveled from Itako City Hall to the Ibaraki Prefectural Office is about 3 km, and the travel time is reduced by about 40 minutes.
Travel distance and travel time from Itako City Hall to Ibaraki Prefectural Office
- How to calculate the time required
General road use route
Using travel speed data from the H17 Road Traffic Census
High-speed route
General road part assumes travel speed data of H17 road traffic census, high-speed part 100km/h (70km/h for this opening and planned route)
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