Meihan Expressway

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E25 名阪国道
Route information
Maintained by MLIT
Length73.3 km (45.5 mi)
Existed1962–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
Section 1
West end Nishi-Meihan Expressway / National Route 169 at Tenri Interchange in Tenri
Location
CountryJapan
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]

Naming

Meihan is a Sino-Japanese pronunciation of two-character kanji acronym for Nagoya and Osaka (名阪). The first character of three-character kanji that represents Nagoya (古屋) is pronounced as mei, whereas the second character of two-character kanji that represents Osaka (大) is pronounced as han.

History

Construction on the Meihan Expressway began in March 1962, with an intended construction period of only one thousand days. The rapid construction of expressways in Japan at the time was spearheaded by Minister of Construction Ichirō Kōno in preparation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was opened as a two-lane expressway in December 1965.[2]

Interchange list

PrefectureLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
MieKameyama0.00.01Kameyama National Route 1 / National Route 25Central Kameyama, OtsuContinued as Higashi-Meihan Expressway to Nagoya. Signed as Interchange 33 for westbound exit and eastbound entrance.
0.50.31N/AN/A National Route 1 (Seki Bypass) – Yokkaichi, SuzukaEastbound exit and westbound entrance.
1.71.1N/ASeki Junction Ise ExpresswayTsu, IseInterchange 34 on Ise Expressway.
2.81.72SekiMie Pref Route Sign Template.svgJapanese National Route Sign 0025.svg Mie Prefecture Route 10 to National Route 25 – Seki
Mie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 10 – Tsu
Meihan Seki Drive-in is adjacent to the interchange.
6.13.83KugaKuga
Seki Tunnel
8.55.34MukaiMukai
10.56.55ItayaItaya
11.67.26MinamizaikeMinamizaike
IgaKabuto Tunnel
16.710.47IgaMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg National Route 25 – Tsuge
16.910.5Michi-no-eki Iga (westbound / outbound) / Iga Service Area (eastbound / inbound)
18.611.68KamitsugeMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 4 (Iga Corridor Road) – Minakuchi, Koka (Tsuge)
21.113.19ShimotsugeMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 133 – Shimotsuge
22.413.910MidaiMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 2 – Shindo, Iga, Oyamada
23.114.411MibunoMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 49 – Ayama, Shigaraki (Oyamada)
26.816.712IgaichinomiyaMie Pref Route Sign Template.svgJapanese National Route Sign 0025.svg Mie Prefecture Route 138 to National Route 163 – Kizugawa, Shimagahara
29.218.113Nakase National Route 163Central Ueno, Oyamada
31.319.414TomonoMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 56 – Tomono, Central Ueno
32.820.415Uenohigashi National Route 422 – Central Ueno, Aoyama
34.021.116Ueno National Route 368Ueno, Nabari
35.422.017OuchiOuchi, OnogiUeno Ninja Drive-in is adjacent to the interchange.
Iga-Ueno Parking Area (westbound / outbound only)
38.323.818ShirakashiMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 686 – Tsukigase, Shirakashi
40.425.119HattaMie Pref Route Sign Template.svg Mie Prefecture Route 687 – Tsukigase, Kasagi (Hatta, Nabari)
NaraYamazoe42.326.320Satsukibashi National Route 25 – Satsukibashi, Tsukigase (Nabari)
45.028.021Yamazoe
奈良県道80号標識
Nara Prefecture Route 80 – Yamazoe (Nara, Nabari)
49.530.822Konoguchi National Route 25 – Konoguchi (Tsuge, Tsukigase)
Nara53.633.323OguraYamanami Road / Japanese National Route Sign 0025.svg
奈良県道127号標識
National Route 25 / Nara Prefecture Route 127 – Ogura (Muro, Tsuge, Tsukigase)
56.435.024Hari National Route 369 – Hari, Tsuge (Yagyu, Haibara, Muro, Yoshino)Hari T.R.S, Michi-no-eki is adjacent to the interchange.
58.736.525Ipponmatsu National Route 25 – Ipponmatsu (Inoichi, Fukusumi)
Tenri61.438.226Fukusumi National Route 25 – Fukusumi (Tenri, Chishawara, Inoichi, Bessho)
NaraTakamine Service Area (westbound / outbound only)
67.642.027GokadaniGokadani (Nara, Nakabatake, Maitani)
Tenri71.244.228Tenrihigashi
奈良県道51号標識
Nara Prefecture Route 51 – Tenrihigashi (Tenri, Iwaya, Shirakawa)
73.345.529Tenri
奈良県道51号標識
Japanese National Route Sign 0169.svg Nara Prefecture Route 51 to National Route 169 – Tenri, Nara (Sakurai)
Continued as Nishi-Meihan Expressway to Osaka. Signed as Interchange 6 for eastbound exit and westbound entrance.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
  2. ^ Asai Kenji (2015-10-10). 日本の道路がわかる辞典 [A Dictionary of Japanese Roads] (in Japanese) (初版 ed.). 日本実業出版社. ISBN 978-4-534-05318-3.