Meihan Expressway

Meihan Expressway
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
Major intersections	Ise Expressway in Kameyama National Route 163 in Iga National Route 422 in Iga National Route 369 in Nara
Section 1
West end	Nishi-Meihan Expressway / National Route 169 at Tenri Interchange in Tenri
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

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]