Today is the anniversary of opening the entire route of the Tomei Expressway (東名高速道路). In 1969 between Oimatsuda (大井松田) and Gotemba (御殿場) opened, consequently all the line from Tokyo (東京) to Nagoya (名古屋) opened. The name Tomei (東名) is an acronym consisting of two kanji characters. The first character to (東) refers to Tokyo (東京) and the second mei (名) refers to Nagoya (名古屋), which are the two major urban areas linked by the expressway.
The total length is 346.8 km. The Tomei Expressway is an important roadway. The average traffic density is 151,416,468 vehicles per year, and 414,840 vehicles per day. The toll fee revenue is yen 258,859,816,000 per year, and yen 709,205,000 per day.
There are 18 tunnels from Nagoya to Tokyo, and 11 tunnels from Tokyo to Nagoya.
The speed limit of the express way is usually 100km/h and partially 80km/h.
I am not sure the exact tolls, but they are considerably expensive compared to the highways in the USA.
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