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Road transport is an essential element of the Japanese transport network, and vital part of the Japanese economy. Japan's history of having human-made roads ranging from the present to the Jōmon period. The Gokishichidō of the Asuka period and the Edo period kaidō both figured into the government's attempts to centralize their authority.
Japan has a nationwide system of national highways (一般国道, Ippan Kokudō) distinct from the expressways. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and other government agencies administer the national highways. Beginning in 1952, Japan classified these as Class 1 or Class 2.
This list of prefectural route of Japan contains every national route in Japan. ... Keiyō Road: National Route 15: Chūō, ... Road map around Nihonbashi
In 1966 a plan was formally enacted for a 7,600 kilometres (4,722.4 mi) national expressway network. Under this plan construction of expressways running parallel to the coastlines of Japan would be given priority over those traversing the mountainous interior. [3] In 1987, the plan was revised to extend the network to 14,000 kilometres (8,699.2 ...
Roads In Japan, from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) Archived 28 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine - English and Japanese website, the link refer specifically to 5 PDF chapters - as well as a reference chapter - on road history, statistics, maps, construction and advanced road technologies in Japan (graphics ...
This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved. Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic.
Nagoya Expressway map. The first section of the Nagoya Expressway network opened to traffic in 1979. [1] As of 2008, 69.2 kilometres (43.0 mi) of the network has been completed. [2] The Ring Route at the center of Nagoya is one-way, flowing clockwise. Routes 1 through 6 extend radially from the Ring Route, with Route 2 bisecting the Ring Route ...
Asian Highway Network → AH2 Asian Highway 1 ( AH1 ) is the longest east-west route of the Asian Highway Network , running 20,557 km (12,774 mi) from Tokyo, Japan via Korea , China , Southeast Asia , Bangladesh , India , Pakistan , and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins end-on with European route E80 ...