Chuo Expressway

CHUO EXPRESSWAY

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Central Nippon Expressway Company Ltd.
Established in 2005

If you are in Central Tokyo, for taking ‘Chuo Expressway’ we recommend you to head for ‘Eifuku’ entance of ‘Shuto-ko, Shinjuku 4 gousen (Route 4, Shuto Expressway^W)’. Going on from ‘Eifuku’ entrance of ‘Shuto-ko’, the route will automatically take you onto ‘Chuo Expressway’. By this way, you would be getting on ‘Chuo Expressway’ without being captured by heavy traffic jam. It also costs you less (400 Yen less) than taking the ‘Shuto-ko’ from other ‘Shuto-ko’ entrance.
Still, if you wish to take nearest ‘Shuto-ko’ entrance from where you are, your car navigation system will lead you to the nearest entrance of Shuto-Ko (Shuto Expressway^W) from where you are.

Shuto-Ko Drivers’ site : http://www.shutoko.co.jp/english/

Shuto-Ko (Shuto Expressway) is a network of toll expressways in Tokyo Metropolitan area. It is very useful when there is less traffic but on weekdays, especially in the morning (from 7 to 9) and in the evening (from 4 to 6), there is always heavy traffic, which is not worthy paying the toll which is not cheap. If your car is not equipped with ETC system, you will have to pay 900 yen in cash no matter neither how short you travel nor how long you are caught in heavy traffic. Moreover, since the routes of Shuto-ko are confusing, it can be difficult to drive on Shuto-ko if you are not accustomed to it. Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels), have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges which require caution to drive. The sides of the exits of the Shuto-ko are not situated regularly (some are placed on right and other on the left) which make it difficult to get off, especially when there are many cars in all the lanes.

The sign you should be seeing if you got on from ‘Eifuku’ entrance to go on Chuo Expressway at ‘Takaido JCT’.

However, when the time saving is your first priority, it is a good idea to take advantage of going on Shuto-ko to avoid the heavy traffic and signals on normal roads. To be honest, there are traffic jams almost everywhere on principal roads of central Tokyo on weekdays (especially on days of the month ending in 5 or 0 when payments are often due, like 5th or 20th of the month). If you are accustomed to Shuto-ko and if you know the layout of the towns and cities in Tokyo, you can arrive at anywhere quite on time by taking Shuto-Ko.

Back to the subject, Chuo Expressway starts from Takaido, Suginami^Wof Tokyo branching at Otsuki Junction of Otsuki, Yamanashi^W for Fuji Yoshida and Komaki Junction of Komaki, Aichi^W.  From Komaki Junction, Chuo Expressway branches to Tomei Expressway^W as well as connecting to Tomei Expressway^W for Kobe via Osaka.  Chuo Expressway branches also at Okaya Junction of Okaya, Nagano^W for Nagano Expressway^W.
 
 

• Map of Takaido IC, Chuo Expressway :

  
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• Map of Eifuku Exit(Entrance), Route 4, Shuto Expressway(Shuto-ko):

  
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Below are the lists of all the IC (interchanges) and JCT (junctions) of Chuo Expressways

• Chuo Expressways :

  Name of the Interchanges and Junctions	Distance in Kilometers	Connection Routes	Location
  Takaido IC	0.0		Suginami, Tokyo
  Chofu IC	4.0	National Route 20 (Koshu-kaido)	Chofu-shi, Tokyo
  Inagi IC	10.0		Fuchu-shi., Tokyo
  Kunitachi Fuchu IC	17.0	National Route 20 (Hino By-pass)	Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo
  Hachioji IC	25.8		Hachioji-shi, Tokyo
  Hachioji JCT	36.0	Ken-Ō Expressway	Hachioji-shi, Tokyo
  Sagamiko IC	45.5	National Route 20	Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa
  Uenohara IC	50.3		Uenohara-shi, Yanamashi
  Otsuki IC	70.4		Otsuki-shi, Yanamashi
  Otsuki JCT	71.4	Chuo Expressway, Fuji Yoshida Line (For Mt. Fuji)	Otsuki-shi, Yanamashi
  Katsunuma IC	90.1	National Route 20 (Katsunuma By-pass)	Koshu-shi, Yamanashi
  Ichinomiya Misaka IC	96.6	National Route 137	Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi
  Kofu Minami IC	106.2	National Route 358	Kofu-shi, Yamanashi
  Kofu Showa IC	113.8	National Route 20 (Kofu By-pass)	Showa-cho, Nakakoma-gun, Ymanashi
  Futaba JCT	120.4	Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway (for Shinshimizu JCT, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka)	Kai-shi, Yamanashi
  Nirasaki IC	125.0		Nirasaki-shi, Yamanashi
  Sutama IC	131.4		Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi
  Nagasaka IC	140.7		Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi
  Kobuchizawa IC	148.9		Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi
  Suwa Minami IC	161.5		Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano
  Suwa IC	172.6	National Route 20 (Suwa By-pass)	Suwa-shi, Nagano
  Okaya JCT	182.7	Nagano Expressway (for Koshoku JCT, Chikuma-shi, Nagano)	Okaya-shi, Nagano
  Ihoku IC	196.7	National Route 157	Minowa-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano
  Ina IC	206.2		Minami Minowa-mura, Kamiina-gun, Nagano
  Komagane IC	221.4		Komagane-shi, Nagano
  Matsukawa IC	236.7		Matsukawa-cho, Shimoina-gun, Nagano
  Iida IC	252.2	National Route 153 (Iida By-pass)	Iida-shi, Nagano
  Iida Yamamoto IC / JCT	257.4	San-en Nanshin Expressway (for Hamamatsu Inasa JCT, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka)	Iida-shi, Nagano
  Sonohara IC	266.3		Achi-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano
  Nakatsugawa IC	288.9	National Route 19	Nakatsugawa-shi, Gifu
  Ena IC	298.3		Ena-shi, Gofu
  Mizunami IC	316.4		Mizunami-shi, GIfu
  Toki IC	320.3	National Route 21	Toki-shi, Gifu
  Toki JCT	320.9	Tokai-kanjo Expressway (for Toyota Higashi JCT, Toyota-shi, Aichi)	Toki-shi, Gifu
  Tajimi IC	329.7	National Route 248	Tajimi-shi, Gifu
  Komaki Higashi IC	337.8		Komaki-shi, Aichi
  Komaki JCT	344.9	Tomei Expressway (for Tokyo)	Komaki-shi, Aichi

• Fuji Yoshida Line, Chuo Expressways

  Name of the Interchanges and Junctions	Distance in Kilometers	Connection Routes	Location
  Otsuki JCT	0.0		Otsuki-shi, Yamanashi
  Tsuru IC	6.2		Tsuru-shi, Yamanshi
  Kawaguchiko IC	22.5	National Route 139	Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi
  Fuji Yoshida IC	23.5		Fujiyoshida-shi, Yamanashi