Jōban Expressway | |
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常磐自動車道 | |
Route information | |
Length: | 212.7 km (132.2 mi) |
Major junctions | |
From: |
Misato Junction in Misato, Saitama Shuto Expressway Misato Route Tokyo Gaikan Expressway |
To: |
Tomiya-kita Interchange in Tomiya, Miyagi National Route 4 |
Location | |
Major cities: | Kashiwa, Tsukuba, Tsuchiura, Mito, Hitachi, Iwaki, Natori, Sendai |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
The Jōban Expressway (常磐自動車道 Jōban Jidōsha-dō?), abbreviated Jōban-dō (常磐道?), is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Jōban is a kanji acronym consisting of two characters. Each character represents a former province of Japan that is passed through by the route: Hitachi Province (常陸国?) representing present-day Ibaraki Prefecture and Iwaki Province (磐城国?) representing the eastern portion of present-day Fukushima Prefecture