Auto Route - Auto Route

Japanese: オートルート - おーとるーと
Auto Route - Auto Route

...Also, the Shuto Expressway and the Hanshin Expressway are also included in this concept. The German Autobahn, the British Motorway, the Italian Autostrada, and the French Autoroute also belong to the same concept.
[history]
The history of expressways began in the United States with the parkways, which were roads built along with the construction of strips of parkland and prohibited commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses from passing through. However, full-fledged modern expressways began with the construction of the Autobahn in Germany after Hitler came to power in 1933.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Autoroute" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また首都高速道路や阪神高速道路などもこの概念に入る高速道路である。なお,ドイツのアウトバーンAutobahn,イギリスのモーターウェーmotorway,イタリアのアウトストラーダautostrada,フランスのオートルートautorouteなども同じ概念に入る。
[歴史]
 高速道路の歴史は,アメリカで帯状の公園の建設とともにつくられた道路で,トラックやバスなどの商業車の通行を禁止したパークウェーparkwayを始まりとするが,本格的な近代高速道路は,1933年にヒトラーが政権を握った以降のドイツのアウトバーンの建設からである。…

※「オートルート」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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