Shikoku Transverse Expressway - Shikoku Transverse Expressway

Japanese: 四国縦貫･横断自動車道 - しこくじゅうかんおうだんじどうしゃどう

The Longitudinal Expressway and the Cross-Island Expressway together cover almost the entirety of Shikoku in a figure-8 shape. The Longitudinal Expressway stretches from Tokushima City to Matsuyama City, approximately 222 km long. Of this, the 95 km or so section from Tokushima City to Kawanoe City is called the Tokushima Expressway, of which 53 km has been completed (as of the end of fiscal year 1997), and the 126 km or so section from Kawanoe City to Ozu City is called the Matsuyama Expressway, of which 95 km has been completed from Kawanoe through Matsuyama City to Iyo City. The Cross-Island Expressway is a 443 km long route that runs from Anan in Tokushima Prefecture along the coastline through Tokushima, Takamatsu, and Kawanoe, descending to Kochi, then running west along the Pacific coast, passing through Nakamura and Uwajima, before arriving at Ozu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

縦貫自動車道と横断自動車道と合わせて四国のほぼ全土を8の字型にカバーする。縦貫自動車道は徳島市から松山市まで約222km。そのうち徳島市から川之江市までの95km余を徳島自動車道と呼び，その53kmが完成(1997年度末現在)，また川之江市から大洲市までの126km余を松山自動車道と呼び，そのうち川之江から松山市を経て伊予市までの95kmが完成。横断自動車道は徳島県阿南から徳島，高松，川之江と海岸線を巡り，高知へ下ってから太平洋岸を西に巡って中村，宇和島を経て大洲にいたる443kmの長大路線。

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