Hokuriku Expressway

expressway in Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui and Shiga Prefectures, Japan
AdministrativeArea controlled_access_highway Q1549512
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Hokuriku Expressway

Summary

Hokuriku Expressway is a controlled-access highway[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of controlled_access_highway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hokuriku Expressway is located in Maihara[3].
  • Hokuriku Expressway is located in Nagahama[4].
  • Hokuriku Expressway is located in Tsuruga[5].
  • Hokuriku Expressway is located in Minami-Echizen[6].
  • Hokuriku Expressway is located in Echizen[7].
  • Hokuriku Expressway is located in Kōnan-ku[8].
  • Hokuriku Expressway is in the country of Japan[9].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's traffic sign is recorded as HOKURIKU EXP(E8).svg[10].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's transport network is recorded as National Expressway[11].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's transport network is recorded as National land development trunk motorway[12].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's image is recorded as Tsuruga Janction.jpg[13].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's instance of is recorded as controlled-access highway[14].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's instance of is recorded as toll road[15].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's maintained by is recorded as East Nippon Expressway Company[16].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's maintained by is recorded as Central Nippon Expressway Company[17].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's Commons category is recorded as Hokuriku Expressway[18].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9247951[19].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's terminus is recorded as Maihara junction[20].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's terminus is recorded as Niigata-chuo junction[21].
  • +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hokuriku Expressway[22].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's terminus location is recorded as Maihara[23].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's terminus location is recorded as Niigata[24].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rx19x[25].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's topic has template is recorded as Q14398460[26].
  • Hokuriku Expressway's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '北陸道'}[27].

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Geography

Hokuriku Expressway is in the country of Japan[9]. Located in include Maihara[3], a city of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 2005[30]; Nagahama[4], a city of Japan[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1943[33]; Tsuruga[5], a city of Japan[34], in Japan[35], founded in 1937[36]; Minami-Echizen[6], a town of Japan[37], in Japan[38], founded in 2005[39]; Echizen[7], a city of Japan[40], in Japan[41], founded in 2005[42]; and Kōnan-ku[8], a ward of Japan[43], in Japan[44].

Physical Characteristics

Hokuriku Expressway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+476'}[45].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include controlled-access highway[14] and toll road[15].

History and Context

+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hokuriku Expressway[22].

Why It Matters

Hokuriku Expressway ranks in the top 10% of controlled_access_highway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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