Nishi-Meihan Expressway

Nishi-Meihan Expressway (西名阪自動車道) 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 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