Nishi-Meihan Expressway

Nishi-Meihan Expressway
西名阪自動車道
Route information
Length:	27.2 km (16.9 mi)
Existed:	1969 – present
Major junctions
From:	Matsubara Junction
To:	Tenri Interchange
Location
Major cities:	Fujiidera, Kashiwara, Kashiba, Yamatokōriyama
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Nishi-Meihan Expressway (西名阪自動車道, Nishimeihan Jidōshadō^?) is a national expressway in the Kinki region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company.

Naming

Meihan is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Nagoya (名古屋) and the second character represents Osaka (大阪). Nishi (西) means west; together with the Meihan Highway and Higashi-Meihan Expressway, it forms a corridor linking the greater Nagoya and Osaka areas.

History

Passage cities

• Osaka Prefecture

Matsubara - Fujiidera - Habikino - Kashiwara

• Nara Prefecture

Kashiba - Kanmaki - Kawai - Ando - Yamatokōriyama - Ando - Yamatokōriyama - Tenri

Interchanges and Junctions

• (10) Matsubara Junction
• TB Matsubara Toll Gate
• 1 Fujiidera Interchange
• TB Kashiwara Toll Gate
• 2 Kashiwara Interchange
• SA Kashiba Service Area
• 3 Kashiba Interchange
• 4 Hōryūji Interchange
• 5 kōriyama Interchange
• TB/PA Tenri Toll Gate/Tenri Parking Area
• 6 Tenri Interchange

External links

• (Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company