Meihan Expressway | |
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名阪国道 | |
Route information | |
Maintained by MLIT | |
Length | 73.3 km (45.5 mi) |
Existed | 1962–present |
Component highways | National Route 25 |
Major junctions | |
East end | Higashi-Meihan Expressway / National Route 1 / National Route 25 at Kameyama Interchange in Kameyama |
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Section 1 | |
West end | Nishi-Meihan Expressway / National Route 169 at Tenri Interchange in Tenri |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Highway system | |
The Meihan Expressway (名阪国道, Meihan kokudō) is a national expressway in Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture, Japan. The expressway is also known as the Meihan National Highway that is a literal translation of its Japanese name. Together with the Nishi-Meihan Expressway and Higashi-Meihan Expressway, it is the central portion of a corridor linking the greater Nagoya and Osaka areas. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 25 as well as E25 under their "Expressway Numbering System."[1]