[Breaking] to 10/31 (Sat) Ken-O Road
(Okegawa Kitamoto IC-Shiraoka Iris IC) opened
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- [Breaking] 10/31 in (Sat) Ken-O Road (Okegawa Kitamoto IC ~ Shiraoka iris IC) is opened
November 11, 2015
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kuki Shiraoka JCT-Ebina JCT shortened by about 60 minutes (about 130 minutes → 67 minutes)
Tohoku and Shonan are closer!
In the Tomei Ken-O Road, it increased by 2,200 units/day outside the Ken-O Expressway but decreased by 4,700 units/day inside (4% reduction)
Expected to reduce traffic passing through the city center!
Traffic volume after opening
< Ken-O Road > Ken-O Road has improved the convenience.
- Tohoku Expressway Kan-Etsu Expressway (Okegawa Kano IC-Shiraoka Iris IC)
- : Approximately 34,700 units/day *1
- Kan-Etsu Expressway-Chuo Expressway (Ome IC-Iruma IC)
- : Approximately 56,700 units/day (16% increase) *2
- Chuo Expressway-Tomei Expressway (Sagamihara Aikawa IC-Sagamihara IC)
- : Approximately 46,000 units/day (13% increase) *2
<Radial roads> Ken-O Road traffic volume in the Tomei Expressway of inner reduction
- Tomei Expressway (Ebina JCT-Yokohama Machida IC)
- : Approximately 4,700 units/day decrease (4% decrease) *2
- 1 Average daily traffic volume from Sunday, November 1st to Saturday, November 7th, 2015
- 2 Compared with the average daily traffic volume from Thursday, October 1, 2015 to Friday, October 30
We will continue to announce the stock effects that will emerge from now on.
Effect 1 Traffic situation immediately after opening
- Ken-O Road inside of traffic is 4,700 maximum decrease (Tomei Expressway)
- The daily traffic volume of the newly opened section (Okegawa Kano IC-Shiraoka Iris IC) is 34,700 vehicles/day on average.
- From the Tomei Expressway Tohoku Expressway lead to, Ken-O Road is, Kan-Etsu Expressway-Chuo Expressway (Ome IC ~ Iruma IC), Chuo Expressway - Tomei Expressway traffic volume increased by approximately 10 to 20% of (Sagamihara Aikawa IC ~ Sagamihara IC)
Effect 2 Tohoku and Shonan are closer!
- Ken-O Road the opening of the Ken-O Expressway, the time required from Kuki Shiraoka JCT to Ebina JCT is reduced by about 60 minutes (about 130 minutes ⇒ 67 minutes).
Overview of the Ken-O Road Expressway section
- Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road) is a total area planned to be located within a radius of 40-60km from the city center for the purpose of facilitating road traffic in the metropolitan area and strengthening communication between cities along the line. It is a ring-shaped motorway with a length of about 300 km. To date, approximately 241 km have been opened.
- Outline of the section opened this time
Route name: National Route 468 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road)
○Opening section: Okegawa Kitamoto IC (Kawataya, Okegawa City, Saitama Prefecture)-Shiraoka Iris IC (Kamiosaki, Iris-cho, Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture)
○Opening date: 15:00 on Saturday, October 31, 2015
○ Extension: 10.8km
○Opening IC: Okegawa Kano IC
○ Number of lanes: 4 lanes
○Opening PA: Iris PA
[Ken-O Road Okegawa Kitamoto traffic volume of one week after the opening of the inter-IC ~ Shiraoka iris IC]
![Image of [Traffic volume for 1 week after opening between Keno Ken-O Road Okegawa Kitamoto IC and Shiraoka Iris IC]](/rest/pressroom/press_release/kanto/h27/1111b/images/04.jpg)
- 1 Traffic volume is the main line traffic volume for all vehicle types, including vehicles other than ETC vehicles (preliminary value from a traffic counter [automatic measuring device for traffic volume (approximate number) installed on the road])
- 2 For weather information, describe the general daytime weather conditions in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture (from the Japan Meteorological Agency website)
Location map of this open section
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