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Joshin-etsu Expressway

Jōshin-etsu Expressway sign

Jōshin-etsu Expressway
上信越自動車道
Route information
Length: 204.9 km (127.3 mi)
Major junctions
From: Fujioka Junction in Fujioka, Gunma
Japan road sign 325.svg Kan-etsu Expressway
To: Jōetsu Junction in Jōetsu, Niigata
Japan road sign 325.svg Hokuriku Expressway
Location
Major cities: Tomioka, Annaka, Saku, Komoro, Ueda, Chikuma, Nagano, Nakano, Myōkō
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

Jōshin-etsu Expressway sign

The Jōshin-etsu Expressway (上信越自動車道 Jōshin-etsu Jidōsha-dō?) is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Jōshin-etsu (上信越?) is a kanji acronym consisting of 3 characters, each representing the former names of the prefectures that the route traverses. Kōzuke Province (野国?) consists of present-day Gunma Prefecture, Shinano Province (濃国?) consists of present-day Nagano Prefecture, and Echigo Province (後国?) consists of present-day Niigata Prefecture.


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