Hokuriku Expressway

Hokuriku Expressway sign
Hokuriku Expressway
E8 北陸自動車道
Map
Route information
Length476.5 km[2] (296.1 mi)
Existed1972[1]–present
Major junctions
FromNiigata-Chūō Junction in Niigata, Niigata
Ban-etsu Expressway
Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway
ToMaibara Junction in Maibara, Shiga
Meishin Expressway
Location
CountryJapan
Major citiesNagaoka, Jōetsu, Uozu, Toyama, Kanazawa, Komatsu, Fukui, Sabae, Echizen, Tsuruga, Nagahama
Highway system
Oyashirazu, Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture
Left:Hokuriku Expressway
Center:National Route 8 and JR Hokuriku Main Line
Right: Niigata Prefectural Road Route 525

The Hokuriku Expressway (北陸自動車道, Hokuriku Jidōsha-dō), (abbreviated as Hokuriku Expwy (北陸道, Hokurikudō), is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company.

  1. ^ "Expressway Opening Dates" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  2. ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kinki Regional Development Bureau. "Road Timetable" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)