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Encyclopedia > Japan Highway Public Corporation

Japan Highway Public Corporation (日本道路公団 Nihon Dōro Kōdan?), or JH, is a public company established to construct and manage highway networks in Japan, founded in 1956. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


On October 1, 2005, JH was divided in three private enterprises, East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO East Japan), Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO Central Japan), and West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO West Japan) October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The systems the company built include (now belong to):

  • Sasson Highway
  • Tohoku Expressway (East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Nihonkaitohoku Highway
  • Tokyogaikan Highway (East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Kan-Etsu_Expressway
  • Joshin-etsu Highway
  • Joban Highway (East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Higashikanto Highway (East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Kitakanto Highway(East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Chūō Expressway (Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Nagano Highway
  • Tomei Highway (Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.)
  • Meishin Highway
  • Hokuriku Highway
  • Isewangan Highway
  • Higashimeihan Highway
  • Kinki Highway
  • Chūgoku Highway
  • Sanyō Highway
  • Hiroshima Highway (West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd)
  • Sanin Highway (West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd)
  • Tokushima Highway (West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd)
  • Kochi Highway
  • Kyūshū Highway
  • Nagasaki Highway
  • Oita Highway
  • Okinawa Highway
  • New Airport Highway
  • Kansai Airport Highway
  • Kanmon Bridge Highway

Route of Tōhoku Expressway and Hachinohe Expressway The Tōhoku Expressway (東北自動車道 Tōhoku jidōsha-dō) is a divided highway in Japan. ... The Kan-etsu Expressway (関越自動車道 Kanetsu jidōshadō) is a divided, limited-access toll road that connects the Kanto region and the Kō-Shin-Etsu part of the Chubu region of Japan. ... The Chūō Expressway affords many fine views of Mount Fuji. ... The Tōmei (東名) Expressway runs alone the Pacific Coast of Honshū, Japans main island, from Tōkyō (東=東京) to Nagoya (名=名古屋). It connects to the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway [1] system at Yoga (place) (用賀), in Setagaya, Tokyo. ... The Meishin Expressway (名神高速道路 Meishin-kōsoku-dōro) is a toll expressway in Japan. ...

Urban Expressway Public Corporations

  • Metropolitan Expressway Public Cooporation
  • Hanshin Expressway Public Cooporation
  • Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation
  • Nagoya Expressway
  • Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Expressway Public Corporation
  • Fukuoka Expressway
  • Kitakyushu Expressway
  • Hiroshima Expressway Public Corporation
  • Hiroshima Expressway

The Metropolitan Expressway (known as Shuto-kosoku in Japanese) is a network of automobile expressway built in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures in the Kanto region of Japan. ... Hanshin Expressway ) is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka and Kobe, Japan. ...

External links

  • Official website

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), or JH, is a public company established to construct and manage highway networks in Japan, founded in 1956.
On October 1, 2005, JH was divided in three private enterprises, East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO East Japan), Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO Central Japan), and West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO West Japan)
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