Hidaka Expressway
The is a partially tolled expressway in Iburi Subprefecture and Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The expressway connects Hidaka to the Dō-Ō Expressway. It is owned and operated by partially by the East Nippon Expressway Company and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is signed as an auxiliary route of National Route 235 as well as E63 under their "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering. Naming The name Hidaka is derived from the province of the same name established in 1869, which in turn was named after an unknown country "in the Eastern wilds" called Hitakami in the '' Nihonshoki'', a history book written in 720. There is no direct connection between the Hitakami of the ''Nihonshoki'' and the modern Hidaka Subprefecture. Route description Lane configuration History The first section of the Hidaka Expressway to open was a -long section between the western terminus at the Dō-Ō Expressway in Tomakomai and Atsuma i ...
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East Nippon Expressway Company
The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public Corporation. The company manages roadways mainly in the Kantō and Tōhoku regions as well as on Hokkaido. Roadways in other regions of Japan are managed by Central Nippon Expressway Company The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public C ... and West Nippon Expressway Company. References External links East Nippon Expressway Company Expressway companies of Japan Transport companies based in Tokyo Government-owned companies of Japan Transport companies established in 2005 Japanese companies established in 2005 {{jap ...
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