# Mei-Nikan Expressway

The Mei-Nikan Expressway (名二環, Mei-Nikan), or Nagoya Daini Kanjō Expressway (名古屋第二環状自動車道, Nagoya Daini-Kanjō Jidōsha-dō), is a partially completed tolled expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by the Central Nippon Expressway Company. Upon completion, the expressway will form a second ring road around Nagoya in conjunction with the Isewangan Expressway. It is signed as C2 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

## Route description

The Mei-Nikan is a ring-shaped high-speed national expressway built around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the city center of Nagoya. It is a 43.7 kilometres (27.2 mi) long second ring road for the city, the outer ring road is the incompleted 152.4 kilometres (94.7 mi) long Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway, and the inner ring route is the 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) long Nagoya Expressway Ring Route. Upon completion, the Mei-Nikan Expressway will have a total length of 55.9 kilometres (34.7 mi). The Mei-Nikan runs concurrent to Japan National Route 302, the only exception to this concurrency is the branch route that connects the ring road to the Tōmei Expressway.
The section between Hikiyama Interchange and Ōmori Interchange consists of tunnels that run underneath waterways; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.

## History

The first section of what would become the Mei-Nikan Expressway was opened on 23 March 1988 between Kiyosu-higashi Interchange and Nagoya-nishi Interchange as part of the Higashi-Meihan Expressway. The expressway was opened in phases since then as part of the Higashi-Meihan until 2011, when it was redesignated as the Mei-Nikan Expressway.

## Future

Construction is underway to extend the expressway 12.2 kilometres (7.6 mi) south to the Isewangan Expressway southwest of Nagoya by 2020. Upon completion, this would complete the loop made around the city by the two expressways.

## List of interchanges and features

* IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, PA - parking area, SA - service area, TB - toll gate, TN - tunnel
* The expressway is located entirely in Aichi Prefecture
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Nagoya-minami JCT | Notes | Location | Location |
| (5) | Nagoya-minami JCT | Isewangan Expressway Nagoya Expressway Ōdaka Route | 0.0 | | Midori-ku | Nagoya |
| 1 | Arimatsu IC | National Route 1 | 2.4 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | Midori-ku | Nagoya |
| 1 | Arimatsu IC | National Route 1 | 3.5 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | Midori-ku | Nagoya |
| 2 | Narumi IC | Tōkaidō Pref. Route 56 (Nagoya Okazaki Route) | 6.5 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | Midori-ku | Nagoya |
| 2 | Narumi IC | Tōkaidō Pref. Route 56 (Nagoya Okazaki Route) | 7.6 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | Midori-ku | Nagoya |
| 3 | Ueta IC | National Route 153 (Toyota-nishi Bypass) | 11.0 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | Tempaku-ku | Nagoya |
| 3 | Ueta IC | National Route 153 (Toyota-nishi Bypass) | 12.0 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | Tempaku-ku | Nagoya |
| 4 | Takabari JCT | Nagoya Expressway Higashiyama Route | 12.7 | | Meito-ku | Nagoya |
| 5 | Kamiyashiro-minami IC | | 14.9 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Meito-ku | Nagoya |
| 5-1 | Kamiyashiro JCT | Mei-Nikan Expressway (Nagoya Connecting Road) | 15.4 | | Meito-ku | Nagoya |
| 6 | Kamiyashiro IC | | 15.9 | in Meitō Tunnel Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Meito-ku | Nagoya |
| 7 | Hikiyama IC | | 17.1 | in Meitō Tunnel Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Meito-ku | Nagoya |
| TN | Meitō Tunnel | | | Dangerous goods forbidden | Moriyama-ku | Nagoya |
| TN | Moriyama Tunnel | | | Dangerous goods forbidden | Moriyama-ku | Nagoya |
| 8 | Ōmori IC | | 19.3 | in Moriyama Tunnel Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Moriyama-ku | Nagoya |
| 9 | Obata IC | Pref. Route 15 (Nagoya Tajimi Route) | 20.2 | in Moriyama Tunnel Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Moriyama-ku | Nagoya |
| 10 | Matsukawado IC | Pref. Route 30 (Sekida Nagoya Route) | 22.5 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Kasugai | Kasugai |
| 11 | Kachigawa IC | Pref. Route 508 (Utsutsu Kachigawa Route) | 23.5 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance | Kasugai | Kasugai |
| 11 | Kachigawa IC | Pref. Route 508 (Utsutsu Kachigawa Route) | 25.2 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance | Kasugai | Kasugai |
| 12 | Kusunoki IC | | 26.9 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Kita-ku | Nagoya |
| 13 | Kusunoki JCT | Nagoya Expressway Kusunoki Route Nagoya Expressway Komaki Route | 27.8 | | Kita-ku | Nagoya |
| 14 | Yamada-higashi IC | | 28.9 | Exits only | Nishi-ku | Nagoya |
| 15 | Yamada-nishi IC | | 30.2 | Entrances only | Nishi-ku | Nagoya |
| 16 | Hirata IC | | 31.8 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Nishi-ku | Nagoya |
| 17 | Kiyosu-higashi IC | National Route 22 (Meigi Bypass) | 32.4 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Nishi-ku | Nagoya |
| Kiyosu ||
| 17-1 | Kiyosu JCT | Nagoya Expressway Kiyosu Route Nagoya Expressway Ichinomiya Route | 33.0 | | Kiyosu | Kiyosu |
| 17 | Kiyosu-higashi IC | National Route 22 (Meigi Bypass) | 33.8 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Kiyosu | Kiyosu |
| 18 | Kiyosu-nishi IC | | 36.0 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Kiyosu | Kiyosu |
| 19 | Jimokuji-kita IC | | 37.6 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Ama | Ama |
| 20 | Jimokuji-minami IC | | 38.9 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Ama | Ama |
| 21 | Ōharu-kita IC | | 39.9 | Nagoya-minami-bound exit, Nagoya-nishi-bound entrance only | Ōharu | Ōharu |
| 22 | Ōharu-minami IC | National Route 1 | 41.5 | Nagoya-nishi-bound exit, Nagoya-minami-bound entrance only | Ōharu | Ōharu |
| TB | Ōharu Toll Plaza | | | Nagoya-minami-bound only | Ōharu | Ōharu |
| 23 | Nagoya-nishi JCT | Higashi-Meihan Expressway Nagoya Expressway Manba Route | 42.3 | | Nakagawa-ku | Nagoya |
| 24 | Sennonji-minami IC | Pref. Route 115 (Tsushima Shippō Nagoya Route) Pref. Route 40 (Nagoya Kanie Yatomi Route) | | | Nakagawa-ku | Nagoya |
| 25 | Tomida IC | National Route 1 | | | Nakagawa-ku | Nagoya |
| 26 | Nan-yo IC | | | | Minato-ku, Nagoya | Nagoya |
| 27 | Tobishima-kita IC | National Route 23 (Meishi Highway) | | | Tobishima | Tobishima |
| (10-1) | Tobishima IC/JCT | Isewangan Expressway Pref. Rout 71 (Nagoya-nishiko Route) | | | Tobishima | Tobishima |

### Nagoya Connecting Road

* Located in Meito-ku, Nagoya
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. from Nagoya IC | Notes |
| (21) | Nagoya IC | Tōmei Expressway | 0.0 | Entrance/exit for local roads only accessible from Tōmei Expressway |
| 5-2 | Hongō IC | Pref. Route 60 (Nagoya Nagakute Route) | 0.5 | Nagoya IC-bound exit, Kamiyashiro-bound entrance only |
| 5-1 | Kamiyashiro JCT | Mei-Nikan Expressway (Mei-Nikan Expressway Main Route) | 1.4 | |