Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaki Tamamura Smart IC will open next Saturday, February 22 at 15:00
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- Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaki Tamamura Smart IC will open next Saturday, February 22 at 15:00
December 17, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Takasaki
Tamamura Town
The Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaki Tamamura Smart Interchange (IC), which Takasaki City and Tamamura Town have been working on with NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo), will be available on Saturday, February 22, 2014. ) It will open at 15:00.
Takasaki Tamamura Smart IC is a smart IC that allows you to get on and off both in the Tokyo/Nagano area and in the Niigata/Utsunomiya area, and can be used in all vehicle models equipped with ETC on-board equipment.
1 Operation start date and time
Saturday, February 22, 2014 15:00
2 Installation location
Kan-Etsu Expressway
- position:
- 4.3km south of Takasaki IC (about 4.1km north from Fujioka JCT (junction), about 1.9km south from Takasaki JCT)
- location:
- Gunma Prefecture Takasaki City Kamitaki Town (Out-bound Line)
Gunma Prefecture Takasaki City Shimosaita Town and Tamamura Town Kaminita (In-bound line)
3 Available vehicles
All models equipped with ETC in-vehicle device
(In use, please insert the ETC card into the ETC on-board unit)
4 Usage form
Dedicated stop interchange for ETC only
The upper and lower doorways are located at different positions (Large view of surrounding area reference)
5 Usage time
Available 24 hours
6 Location map
7 Expected main maintenance effects
- Mitigation of traffic congestion in urban areas
Access to the Kan-Etsu Expressway and the Kita-Kanto Expressway will be dispersed, and it is expected that traffic congestion on major highways, such as the Takasaki Komagata Line and Takasaki Isesaki Line, will be eased using the Takasaki IC and Maebashi Minami IC. - Improvement of local transportation convenience
By improving accessibility to the Expressway, it is expected that people in Takasaki City and Tamamura Town will be able to use the Expressway more easily and that convenience such as shortened travel time will be improved. - Revitalization of the area
Since wide-area accessibility is dramatically improved, it is expected that Takasaki City and Tamamura Town can be activated by leveraging its convenience and promoting industrial clusters around smart ICs.
8 Precautions when using Takasaki Tamamura Smart IC
- Smart ICs are for ETC vehicles only. Vehicles without ETC in-vehicle device cannot be used.
Be sure to insert the ETC card into the in-vehicle device before using. - Because it is a temporary stop IC for ETC vehicles, it is necessary to stop at both the exit and entrance in front of the gate
- The smart IC entrance/exit (toll gate) is separated by a vertical line. If you go to Tokyo and Nagano district, of the National Highway 354 No. bypass (Tomo wide area highway) Kan-Etsu Expressway from the east (Tamamura side) entrance, also, if you go to Niigata and Utsunomiya district, Kan-Etsu Expressway west side (Takasaki Please enter each smart IC from the side) entrance.
9 Large view of surrounding area
Reference material
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