Expressways of Japan
| Expressways of Japan 高速道路 自動車道 | |
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| Expressway number signs for the Tōhoku Expressway, its parallel expressways, and the circular Ken-Ō Expressway | |
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| Maintained by the Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency, through its subsidiaries (East, Central, West Nippon Expressway Company Limited), the Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited, and others | |
| Formed | 1963 |
| Highway names | |
| Expressways | Enn Expressway (E1) (primary route) EnnA Expressway (E1A) (parallel route) Cn Expressway (C1) (circular route) |
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The expressways (高速道路, kōsoku-dōro; lit. "high-speed road", also jidōsha-dō (自動車道), lit. "automobile road", "freeway", "expressway", or "motorway") of Japan make up a large network of controlled-access toll expressways.