Route 1 (Nagoya Expressway)

Nagoya Expressway Route 1 Kusunoki Route (名古屋高速道路1号楠線, Nagoya Kōsokudōro Ichigō Kusunokisen) is an urban expressway in Nagoya, Japan. It is a part of the Nagoya Expressway network and is owned and operated by Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation.

Nagoya Expressway No.1 Kusunoki Route
名古屋高速道路1号楠線
Route information
Length	5.6 km[1] (3.5 mi)
Existed	1988–present
Major junctions
From	Higashi-Kataha Junction in Higashi-ku, Nagoya Nagoya Expressway Ring Route
To	Kusunoki Junction in Kita-ku, Nagoya Nagoya Expressway Komaki Route Higashi-Meihan Expressway
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Overview

The route extends northward from its junction with the Ring Route and continues until its junction with the Higashi-Meihan Expressway. It is 4 lanes for its entire length and was built as an elevated expressway above the median of National Route 41. The first section of the route was opened to traffic in 1988 and the entire route was completed in 1995.[2]

NEX Plaza, an information center run by Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation, is sandwiched in the middle of a looping ramp that makes up part of Kurokawa Interchange.[3]

Interchange list

• JCT - junction, TB - toll gate

No.	Name	Connections	Notes	Location (all in Nagoya)
JCT	Higashi-Kataha JCT	Nagoya Expressway Ring Route		Higashi-ku
101	Higashi-Kataha Entrance	National Route 41	North-bound only
102 103 112 113	Kurokawa Interchange		102 - North-bound exit 103 - North-bound entrance 112 - South-bound entrance 113 - South-bound exit	Kita-ku
TB	Kusunoki Toll Gate		South-bound only
104 114	Kusunoki Interchange	National Route 41 National Route 302	104 - North-bound exit 114 - South-bound entrance
(13)	Kusunoki JCT	Higashi-Meihan Expressway
Through to Nagoya Expressway Komaki Route

References

1. "Nagoya Expressway Route Map". Retrieved 2008-04-18.
2. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "History of the Expressway Network in the Greater Nagoya Area". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
3. "NEX Plaza Profile". Retrieved 2008-04-18.

External links

• (in Japanese) Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation