Higashi-Mito Road

Infobox_road
highway_name = Higashi-Mito Road (東水戸道路)
marker_



length = 10.2 km [cite web| url= http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/more_expressway/data/ | title= E-NEXCO Expressway Data | accessdate= 2008-04-13 ]
established = 1996 [cite web| url= http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/hitachi/road/nenpyo/66.htm | title= Hitachi Area Road History |author= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kanto Bureau | accessdate= 2008-05-15]
first_open =
starting_terminus = Mito-minami Interchange in Mito, Ibaraki

cities =
ending_terminus = Hitachinaka Interchange in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
The nihongo|Higashi-Mito Road|東水戸道路|Higashimito Dōro is a 4-laned toll road in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Overview

The route is officially designated as a bypass for National Route 6, however it is functionally an extension of the Kita-Kantō Expressway. As such it is classified as a nihongo|national highway for motor vehicles only with national expressway concurrency|高速自動車国道に並行する一般国道自動車専用道路|Kōsoku Jidōsha Kokudō ni Heikōsuru Ippan Kokudō Jidōsha Senyō Dōro [cite web| url= http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/ir/ir-yosan/h20/s07.pdf | title= High Standard Trunk Road Map |author= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | accessdate= 2008-04-13 | format=pdf] with the same design standard as other national expressways.

The first section was opened to traffic in 1996 and a bridge crossing the Naka River was finished in 1999, completing the route. The road was expanded from 2 to 4 lanes in 2000.cite web| url= http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/hitachi/road/nenpyo/69.htm | title= Hitachi Area Road History |author= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kanto Bureau | accessdate= 2008-05-15]

List of interchanges and features

* IC - interchange, BR - bridge, TB - toll gate

References

External links

*ja icon [http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/ East Nippon Expressway Company]