User:MSG17/List of expressways in Japan

The expressways of Japan consist of a multitude of controlled-access highways, often tolled, that are part of several systems.

National expressways

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Map of national expressways

National expressways (高速自動車国道, Kōsoku Jidōsha Kokudō) make up a system of expressways that serve the whole country. They mostly facilitate intercity travel, with some being orbital routes around urban areas. As of 2018, there are 11,520 km (7,160 mi) of expressways operational, with the overwhelming majority of that length being tolled.[1]

Privately operated

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Jurisdiction of NEXCO companies

The privatization of Japan Highway Public Corporation in 2005 has caused a majority of Japan's expressways and tool roads to be operated by the companies collectively referred to as NEXCO (Nippon Expressway Company).

Name and number Tokyo-bound terminus Other terminus Length Opened
 
Tokyo-Gaikan Expressway
Setagaya, Tokyo Ichikawa, Chiba 33.7 km (20.9 mi) 1992


Name and number Tokyo-bound terminus Other terminus Length Opened
 
Mei-Nikan Expressway
  Isewangan Expressway
  Nagoya Expressway Ōdaka Route
Nagoya-minami Junction, Nagoya
  Higashi-Meihan Expressway
  Nagoya Expressway Mamba Route
Nagoya-nishi Junction, Nagoya
43.7 km (27.2 mi) 1988[2]
Name and number Tokyo-bound terminus Other terminus Length Opened
 
Meishin Expressway
  Tōmei Expressway
Komaki, Aichi
  Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
193.9 km (120.5 mi) July 16, 1963

Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company

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The Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company operates three expressways that connect the islands of Honshu and Shikoku, as well as the system of bridges that these expressways use to cross the Seto Inland Sea.

Name and number Tokyo-bound terminus Other terminus Length Opened Notes
 
Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
Nishi-ku, Kobe Naruto, Tokushima 89 km (55 mi) 1985
 
Seto-Chūō Expressway
   AH1 San'yō Expressway
Kurashiki, Okayama
  Takamatsu Expressway
Sakaide, Kagawa
89 km (55 mi) 1988
 
Nishiseto Expressway
  National Route 2
Onomichi, Hiroshima
  National Route 196
Imabari, Ehime
89 km (55 mi) 1979
2006

Publicly operated

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MLIT

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism owns some national expressways as part of the Japanese government.

Prefectural routes

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Urban expressways

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Some metropolitian areas in Japan have their own expressways for intra-city travel that are separate from the national network.

Fukuoka & Kitakyūshū

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While both networks are managed separately and aren't physically connected to each other, both are managed by the Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Expressway Public Corporation.

Keihanshin (Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe)

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Hiroshima

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Nagoya

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Tokyo

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References

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  1. ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "Roads in Japan 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "History of the Expressway Network in the Greater Nagoya Area" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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