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

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.

Privately operated

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).

East 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

Central Nippon Expressway Company

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

West Nippon Expressway Company

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

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

MLIT

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

Urban expressways

Main article: Urban Expressways (Japan)

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

Fukuoka & Kitakyūshū

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

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