[E7] Installed in Tainai City, Niigata Prefecture, on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway
The official name of the smart IC is
Decided to be a "smart interchange in the womb"

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Decided name
"In the womb Not Smart interchange "

Tainai City, Niigata Prefecture (Mayor, Mayor) Akihiko Ibata Akihiko Ibata) And East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd., Ltd. Niigata Regional Head Office (Regional Head Office, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture) Kazuyuki Mizuguchi Mizuguchi Kazuyuki) Are jointly promoting the business E7 We are pleased to inform you that the official name of the smart interchange (smart IC) to be installed on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway has been decided.

1. 1. Concept of name

The name of this smart IC is the location of the smart IC, which is located almost in the center of Tainai City.

2. Background to the name decision

This name is independent based on the draft name decided based on the opinion of the Hokuriku Block Road Sign Optimization Committee Niigata Prefectural Subcommittee, which was examined by the Tainai Smart Interchange (tentative name) district council composed of Tainai City and others. It was decided through the prescribed procedures by the Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Organization.

Reference material

Location map of smart IC in the womb and expected effects [PDF: 827KB]