Nishi-Meihan Expressway

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.

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

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 Expressway and Higashi-Meihan Expressway, it forms a corridor linking the greater Nagoya and Osaka areas.

Passage cities

• Osaka Prefecture

Matsubara - Fujiidera - Habikino - Kashiwara

• Nara Prefecture

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

Junction list

Prefecture	Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Osaka	Matsubara	0.0	0.0	10	Matsubara	Kinki Expressway, Hanshin Expressway Route 14
	Fujiidera			TB	Matsubara Toll Gate		Southbound tollbooth
		3.1	1.9	1	Fujiidera	Osaka Prefecture Route 12 – Sakai, Yamatotakada
	Kashiwara			TB	Kashiwara Toll Gate		Northbound tollbooth
		8.1	5.0	2	Kashiwara	National Route 165	Access only to Matsubara-bound traffic.
Nara	Kashiba	11.5	7.1	SA	Kashiba
		12.6	7.8	3	Kashiba	Nara Prefecture Route 54
	Kawai	18.0	11.2	4	Hōryūji	Nara Prefecture Route 5 – Yamatotakada, Ikaruga
	Ando	21.2	13.2	4-1	Yamato-Mahoroba	Nara Prefecture Route 108 – Yamatokōriyama, Kōryō	ETC only accessible to Matsubara-bound traffic
	Yamatokōriyama	23.4	14.5	4-2	Koriyama-shimotsumichi	Keinawa Expressway	Access only to and from Keinawa Expressway
		24.3	15.1	5	Kōriyama	National Route 24
		25.3	15.7	TB/PA	Tenri Toll Gate/Tenri Parking Area
	Tenri	27.2	16.9	6	Tenri	Meihan National Highway, National Route 169
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

External links

• (in Japanese) West Nippon Expressway Company