Meihan Expressway
{{Short description|Expressway in Japan}}
{{Infobox road
|country= JPN
|type= Expressway
|maint= MLIT
|route= Meihan
|alternate_name= File:JP Expressway E25.svg {{Nihongo2|名阪国道}}
|map=
|map_custom = yes
|length_mi=
|length_km= 73.3
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|established= 1962
|allocation= {{jct|country=JPN|Route|25}}
|direction_a= East
|terminus_a= {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=H|Route|1|Route|25}} at Kameyama Interchange in Kameyama
|junction= {{plainlist|1=
- {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=I}} in Kameyama
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|163}} in Iga
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|422}} in Iga
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|369}} in Nara
}}
|direction_b= West
|section1=
|length_mi1=
|length_ref1=
|terminus_a1=
|terminus_b1= {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E25|dab1=NM|Route|169}} at Tenri Interchange in Tenri
}}
The {{nihongo|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."{{cite web|url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/numbering/en/list/index.html|title=Japan's Expressway Numbering System|website=www.mlit.go.jp}}
Naming
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.{{Cite book |author=Asai Kenji |edition= 初版|date=2015-10-10 |title=日本の道路がわかる辞典 |trans-title=A Dictionary of Japanese Roads |publisher=日本実業出版社 |lang=ja |isbn=978-4-534-05318-3 }}
Interchange list
{{JPNinttop|exit|name}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=Mie
|pspan=25
|location_special=Kameyama
|lspan=9
|km=0.0
|exit=1
|name=Kameyama
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|1|Route|25}} – Central Kameyama, Otsu
|notes=Continued as {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=H}} to Nagoya. Signed as Interchange 33 for westbound exit and eastbound entrance.
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=0.5
|type=incomplete
|exit=N/A
|name=N/A
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|1|name1=Seki Bypass|city1=Yokkaichi|location2=Suzuka}}
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance.
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=1.7
|exit=N/A
|name=Seki Junction
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=I}} – Tsu, Ise
|notes=Interchange 34 on {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E23|dab1=I}}.
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=2.8
|exit=2
|name=Seki
|road=20px20px Mie Prefecture Route 10 to National Route 25 – Seki
20px Mie Prefecture Route 10 – Tsu
|notes=Meihan Seki Drive-in is adjacent to the interchange.
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=6.1
|exit=3
|name=Kuga
|road=Kuga
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit|name
|km=
|tunnel=Seki Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=8.5
|exit=4
|name=Mukai
|road=Mukai
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=10.5
|exit=5
|name=Itaya
|road=Itaya
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=11.6
|exit=6
|name=Minamizaike
|road=Minamizaike
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit|name
|location_special=Iga
|lspan=16
|km=
|tunnel=Kabuto Tunnel
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=16.7
|exit=7
|name=Iga
|road=20px National Route 25 – Tsuge
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit|name
|km=16.9
|restarea=Michi-no-eki Iga (westbound / outbound) / Iga Service Area (eastbound / inbound)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=18.6
|exit=8
|name=Kamitsuge
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 4 (Iga Corridor Road) – Minakuchi, Koka (Tsuge)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=21.1
|exit=9
|name=Shimotsuge
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 133 – Shimotsuge
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=22.4
|exit=10
|name=Midai
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 2 – Shindo, Iga, Oyamada
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=23.1
|exit=11
|name=Mibuno
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 49 – Ayama, Shigaraki (Oyamada)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=26.8
|exit=12
|name=Igaichinomiya
|road=20px20px Mie Prefecture Route 138 to National Route 163 – Kizugawa, Shimagahara
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=29.2
|exit=13
|name=Nakase
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|163}} – Central Ueno, Oyamada
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=31.3
|exit=14
|name=Tomono
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 56 – Tomono, Central Ueno
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=32.8
|exit=15
|name=Uenohigashi
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|422}} – Central Ueno, Aoyama
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=34.0
|exit=16
|name=Ueno
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|368}} – Ueno, Nabari
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=35.4
|exit=17
|name=Ouchi
|road=Ouchi, Onogi
|notes=Ueno Ninja Drive-in is adjacent to the interchange.
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit|name
|km=
|type=incomplete
|restarea=Iga-Ueno Parking Area (westbound / outbound only)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=38.3
|exit=18
|name=Shirakashi
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 686 – Tsukigase, Shirakashi
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=40.4
|exit=19
|name=Hatta
|road=20px Mie Prefecture Route 687 – Tsukigase, Kasagi (Hatta, Nabari)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|prefecture_special=Nara
|pspan=11
|location_special=Yamazoe
|lspan=3
|km=42.3
|exit=20
|name=Satsukibashi
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|25}} – Satsukibashi, Tsukigase (Nabari)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=45.0
|exit=21
|name=Yamazoe
|road={{Ja_Pref_Route_Sign|pref=奈良|number=80|width=21}} Nara Prefecture Route 80 – Yamazoe (Nara, Nabari)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=49.5
|exit=22
|name=Konoguchi
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|25}} – Konoguchi (Tsuge, Tsukigase)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Nara
|lspan=3
|km=53.6
|exit=23
|name=Ogura
|road=Yamanami Road / 20px{{Ja_Pref_Route_Sign|pref=奈良|number=127|width=21}} National Route 25 / Nara Prefecture Route 127 – Ogura (Muro, Tsuge, Tsukigase)}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=56.4
|exit=24
|name=Hari
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|369}} – Hari, Tsuge (Yagyu, Haibara, Muro, Yoshino)
|notes=Hari T.R.S, Michi-no-eki is adjacent to the interchange.
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=58.7
|exit=25
|name=Ipponmatsu
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|25}} – Ipponmatsu (Inoichi, Fukusumi)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Tenri
|km=61.4
|exit=26
|name=Fukusumi
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Route|25}} – Fukusumi
(Tenri, Chishawara, Inoichi, Bessho)}}
{{Jctbridge|exit|name
|location_special=Nara
|lspan=2
|km=
|type=incomplete
|restarea=Takamine Service Area (westbound / outbound only)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=67.6
|exit=27
|name=Gokadani
|road=Gokadani (Nara, Nakabatake, Maitani)}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Tenri
|lspan=2
|km=71.2
|exit=28
|name=Tenrihigashi
|road={{Ja_Pref_Route_Sign|pref=奈良|number=51|width=21}} Nara Prefecture Route 51 – Tenrihigashi (Tenri, Iwaya, Shirakawa)
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=73.3
|exit=29
|name=Tenri
|road={{Ja_Pref_Route_Sign|pref=奈良|number=51|width=21}}20px Nara Prefecture Route 51 to National Route 169 – Tenri, Nara (Sakurai)
|notes=Continued as {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E25|dab1=NM}} to Osaka. Signed as Interchange 6 for eastbound exit and westbound entrance.
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete|col=8}}
References
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Category:Roads in Nara Prefecture