Meishin Expressway
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| Meishin Expressway | |
|---|---|
| E1 名神高速道路 | |
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| Route information | |
| Part of File:Tabliczka AH1.svg AH1 | |
| Maintained by the Central Nippon Expressway Company and the West Nippon Expressway Company | |
| Length | 193.9 km[1] (120.5 mi) |
| Existed | July 16, 1963–present |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | File:JP Expressway E1.svg Tōmei Expressway in Komaki, Aichi (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) |
| West end | File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0003.svg Kobe Route in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
The Meishin Expressway (名神高速道路, Meishin Kōsoku-dōro), or Nagoya-Kōbe Expressway 193.9 kilometres (120.5 mi) is a toll expressway in Japan. It runs from a junction with the Tōmei Expressway in Komaki, Aichi (outside Nagoya) west to Nishinomiya, Hyōgo (between Osaka and Kobe). It is the main road link between Osaka and Nagoya, and, along with the Tōmei Expressway, forms the main road link between Osaka and Tokyo. East of the Chūgoku Expressway near Osaka, it is part of Asian Highway Network (File:Tabliczka AH1.svg AH1).
The part east of interchange 29 (Yōkaichi) is owned by the Central Nippon Expressway Company; the rest is owned by the West Nippon Expressway Company.
History
[edit | edit source]The Meishin Expressway was the first expressway in Japan, with a section near Osaka and Kyoto opening on July 16, 1963.
The Meishin Expressway parallels the old Nakasendō between Kyoto and Nagoya, now Route 8 and Route 21. The Meihan National Highway is a mostly non-tolled freeway between Osaka and Nagoya, lying further south and built to lower standards. The Shin-Meishin Expressway is an under-construction route between Osaka and Nagoya, lying between the two other high-speed roads, that will connect to the Shin-Tōmei Expressway (via the Isewangan Expressway) and the Sanyō Expressway. It roughly parallels the old Tōkaidō (Route 1).
During the Great Hanshin earthquake of January 17, 1995, the Meishin Expressway suffered light damage but could only be used by emergency vehicles for weeks after the earthquake. It was the only remaining link between Osaka and Kobe for some time after the quake.
List of interchanges and features
[edit | edit source]This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. (November 2021) |
Interchanges not yet opened, closed, or abandoned are shown with a gray background. Exit numbers continue from the sequence of the Tomei Expressway.
- IC - interchange, SIC - smart interchange, JCT - junction, PA - parking area, SA - service area, TN - tunnel, BS - Bus stop (S - open, X - closed)
| No. | Name | Connections | Dist. (km) from Tokyo |
Bus Stop |
Notes | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through to File:JP Expressway E1.svg Tōmei Expressway | |||||||
| 24 | Komaki IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0041.svgNational Route 41 (Meinō Bypass) File:Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0011.svgNagoya ExpresswayRoute 11 (Komaki Route) |
346.7 | Komaki | Aichi | ||
| BS | Iwakura Bus stop | 350.7 | X | Iwakura | |||
| PA | Owari-Ichionomiya PA | 353.2 352.4 |
Ichinomiya | ||||
| 25 | Ichinomiya IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0022.svgNational Route 22 (Meigi Bypass) File:Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0016.svgNagoya ExpresswayRoute 16 (Ichinomiya Route) |
355.0 | ||||
| 25-1 | Ichinomiya JCT | File:JP Expressway E41.svg Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway File:Japan road sign 325.svgIchinomiya Nishikō Road (Planned) |
359.4 | ||||
| BS | Bisai Bus stop | 362.9 | X | ||||
| BR | Kisogawa Bridge | 1,014 m (3,327 ft) | |||||
| Hashima | Gifu | ||||||
| PA | Hashima PA | 366.0 | X | PA: westbound only | |||
| 25-2 | Gifu-Hashima IC | Pref. Route 46 (Gifu-Hashima Interchange Route) | 368.1 | ||||
| BR | Nagaragawa Bridge | 630 m (2,070 ft) | |||||
| Anpachi | |||||||
| BS | Ampachi Bus stop | 371.3 | X | ||||
| 25-3 | Ampachi SIC | 371.6 | |||||
| BR | Kisogawa Bridge | 349 m (1,145 ft) | |||||
| Ogaki | |||||||
| 26 | Ogaki IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0258.svgNational Route 258 | 374.9 | S | |||
| 26-1 | Yoro JCT | File:JP Expressway C3.svg Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway | 378.5 | Yoro | |||
| BS | Yoroguchi Bus stop | 379.6 | X | ||||
| 26-2 | Yoro SA/SIC | 381.7 | |||||
| PA | Kami-Ishizu PA | 388.1 | westbound only abandoned on December 20, 2001 |
Ogaki | |||
| 27 | Sekigahara IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0365.svgNational Route 365 | 389.4 | Sekigahara | |||
| TN | Imasu Tunnel | eastbound: 380 m (1,250 ft) westbound: 400 m (1,300 ft) | |||||
| TN | Sekigahara Tunnel | eastbound: 223 m (732 ft) westbound: 240 m (790 ft) | |||||
| Maibara | Shiga | ||||||
| BS | Santo Bus stop | 396.8 | X | ||||
| PA | Ibuki PA | 398.0 398.8 |
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| BS | Maibara Bus stop | 403.7 | X | ||||
| 27-1 | Maibara JCT | File:JP Expressway E8.svg Hokuriku Expressway | 405.5 | ||||
| TN | Maibara Tunnel | eastbound: 170 m (560 ft) westbound: 150 m (490 ft) | |||||
| Hikone | |||||||
| TN | Hikone Tunnel | eastbound: 430 m (1,410 ft) westbound: 427 m (1,401 ft) | |||||
| 28 | Hikone IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0306.svgNational Route 306 | 413.4 | X | |||
| SA | Taga SA | 418.0 | S | Taga | |||
| PA | Kora PA | 421.3 | X | abandoned on September 29, 2005 | Kora | ||
| 28-1 | Koto-Sanzan PA/SIC | Pref. Route 344 (Koto-Sanzan Interchange Route) | 424.6 424.3 |
X | Aisho | ||
| BS | Hyakusaiji Bus stop | 428.2 | S | Higashiomi | |||
| 29 | Yokaichi IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0421.svgNational Route 421 Pref. Route 327 (Koto-Yokaichi Route) |
434.6 | S | |||
| PA | Kuromaru PA | 438.0 | |||||
| BS | Gamo Bus stop | 440.4 | X | ||||
| 29-1 | Gamo SIC | Pref. Route 41 (Tsuchiyama Gamo Omihachiman Route) | 441.2 | ||||
| BS | Ryuo Bus stop | 443.6 | X | Ryuo | |||
| 29-2 | Ryuo IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0477.svgNational Route 477 | 447.2 | ||||
| PA | Bodaiji PA | 451.7 451.9 |
S | Konan | |||
| BR | Yasugawa Bridge | ||||||
| Ritto | |||||||
| 29-3 | Ritto-Konan IC | Koka Konan Road | 457.0 | Koka Konan Road←→Nagoya: no access | |||
| 30 | Ritto IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0008.svgNational Route 8 File:Japanese National Route Sign 0008.svgYasu Ritto Bypass (planned) File:Japanese National Route Sign 0001.svgNational Route 1 Pref. Route 55 (Kamitoyama Kamimagari Route) |
458.2 | X | Japan's first expressway route (to Amagasaki): opened on July 16, 1963 | ||
| BS | Kusatsu Bus stop | 461.7 | X | Kusatsu | |||
| 30-1 | Kusatsu JCT | File:JP Expressway E1A.svgShin-Meishin Expressway Otsu Connection Route | 464.4 | ||||
| PA | Kusatsu PA | 465.6 | |||||
| Otsu | |||||||
| 30-2 | Seta-higashi JCT/IC | E88 Keiji Bypass (toll route) File:Japanese National Route Sign 0001.svgNational Route 1 (Keiji Bypass free route) |
467.5 | westbound exit, eastbound entrance | |||
| Seta-nishi IC/Bus stop | Pref. Route 57 (Seta-nishi Interchange Route) | 469.0 | X | eastbound exit, westbound entrance | |||
| BR | Setagawa Bridge | 500 m (1,600 ft) | |||||
| 31 | Otsu IC/SA | Pref. Route 56 (Otsu Interchange Route) | 474.6 | X | |||
| TN | Otsu Tunnel | eastbound: 430 m (1,410 ft) westbound: 418 m (1,371 ft) | |||||
| BR | Semimaru Bridge | 62 m (203 ft) | |||||
| TN | Semimaru Tunnel | eastbound: 387 m (1,270 ft) westbound: 376 m (1,234 ft) | |||||
| 32 | Kyoto-higashi IC | Pref. Route 143 (Shinomiya Yotsuzuka Route, Sanjo Street) File:Japanese National Route Sign 0001.svgNational Route 1 (Gojo Bypass) File:Japanese National Route Sign 0161.svgNational Route 161 (Nishi-Otsu Bypass) |
477.9 | Yamashina-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto | ||
| BS | Yamashina Bus stop | 481.0 | X | ||||
| BS | Fukakusa Bus stop | 486.0 | S | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | |||
| - | Kyoto-minami JCT | Second Keihan Highway | planned for 2021 | ||||
| 33 | Kyoto-minami IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0001.svgNational Route 1 (Keihan National Road) | 487.6 | entrances, westbound exit | |||
| 33-1 | eastbound 1st exit | ||||||
| 33-2 | eastbound 2nd exit | ||||||
| BR | Katsuragawa Bridge | ||||||
| PA | Katsuragawa PA | 490.4 | |||||
| 33-3 | Oyamazaki JCT/IC | File:JP Expressway E9.svg Kyoto Jukan Expressway E88 Keiji Bypass File:Japanese National Route Sign 0171.svgNational Route 171 |
495.7 | S | Left Route | Oyamazaki | |
| TN | Tennozan Tunnel | eastbound Right Route: 1,718 m (5,636 ft) eastbound Left Route: 2,010 m (6,590 ft) westbound Right Route: 1,488 m (4,882 ft) westbound Left Route: 1,440 m (4,720 ft) | |||||
| Shimamoto | Osaka | ||||||
| TN | Kajiwara Tunnel | Kajiwara Daini Tunnel eastbound Right Route: 180 m (590 ft) Kajiwara Daini Tunnel eastbound Left Route: 180 m (590 ft) Kajiwara Daini Tunnel westbound Right Route: 150 m (490 ft) Kajiwara Tunnel westbound Left Route: 870 m (2,850 ft) Kajiwara Daiichi Tunnel eastbound Right Route: 740 m (2,430 ft) Kajiwara Daiichi Tunnel eastbound Left Route: 700 m (2,300 ft) Kajiwara Daiichi Tunnel westbound Right Route: 820 m (2,690 ft) | |||||
| Takatsuki | |||||||
| PA | Sakurai PA | 503.5 | Abandoned in March 1998 | ||||
| 11 | Takatsuki JCT/IC | File:JP Expressway E1A.svgShin-Meishin Expressway Osaka Pref. Route 79 (Fushimi-Yanagitani-Takatsuki Route) |
504.0 | ||||
| BS | Takatsuki Bus stop | 506.3 | S | ||||
| 34 | Ibaraki IC | File:Japanese National Route Sign 0171.svgNational Route 171 | 511.7 | S | Ibaraki | ||
| 35 | Suita JCT/IC | File:JP Expressway E2A.svg Chugoku Expressway File:JP Expressway E26.svg Kinki Expressway Pref. Route 2 (Osaka Chuo Kanjosen) |
514.5 | Chugoku Expwy←→Nishinomiya: no access | Suita | ||
| SA | Suita SA | 517.8 | |||||
| TN | Senriyama Tunnel | 508 m (1,667 ft) | |||||
| Toyonaka | |||||||
| 36 | Toyonaka IC | File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0011.svg Hanshin Expressway Route 11 Ikeda Line Pref. Route 10 (Osaka Ikeda Route) |
524.5 | ||||
| BR | Inagawa Bridge | Amagasaki | Hyogo | ||||
| 37 | Amagasaki IC | Pref. Route 13 (Amagasaki Ikeda Route) | 529.4 | Japan's first expressway route (to Ritto): opened on July 16, 1963 | |||
| BR | Mukogawa Bridge | ||||||
| Nishinomiya | |||||||
| 38 | Nishinomiya IC | File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0003.svg Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route (for Kobe) File:Japanese National Route Sign 0043.svg National Route 43 |
536.2 | ||||
| Meishin-Wangan Connection Route (planned) | |||||||
References
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External links
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