Ring Route (Nagoya Expressway)

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highway_name = Nagoya Expressway Ring Route (名古屋高速道路都心環状線)
marker_



length = 10.3 km [cite web| url= http://www.nagoya-expressway.or.jp/guide/rosenzu/index.html | title= Nagoya Expressway Route Map | accessdate= 2008-04-18 ]
established = 1985
first_open =
starting_terminus = Higashi-Kataha Junction in Higashi-ku, Nagoya

cities =
ending_terminus = Higashi-Kataha Junction in Higashi-ku, Nagoya
The nihongo|Nagoya Expressway Ring Route|名古屋高速道路都心環状線|Nagoya Kōsokudōro Toshinkanjōsen is an urban expressway in Nagoya, Japan. It is a part of the Nagoya Expressway network and is owned and operated by Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation.

Overview

The Ring Route forms a rectangular loop around downtown Nagoya. It is one-way only and flows clockwise with 2 to 4 lanes of traffic. Routes 1 through 6 of the Nagoya Expressway network extend radially from the Ring Route (Route 2 bisects it). The Ring Route also serves as the origin point for these expressways.

The first section of the route was opened to traffic in 1985 and the route was completed in 1995. [cite web| url= http://www.tokai-kansen.go.jp/naruhodo/jisendo/2006_07/p03_04.html | title= History of the Expressway Network in the Greater Nagoya Area |author= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | accessdate= 2008-04-17 ] The future Sannō Junction will link the Ring Route to Route 4 which is under construction.

Interchange list

* JCT - junction

References

External links

*ja icon [http://www.nagoya-expressway.or.jp/ Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation]