It is owned and operated by the Central Nippon Expressway Company.

"[2] The Mei-Nikan is a ring-shaped high-speed national expressway built around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the city center of Nagoya.

[3] Upon completion, the Mei-Nikan Expressway will have a total length of 55.9 kilometres (34.7 mi).

The Mei-Nikan runs concurrent to Japan National Route 302, the only exception to this concurrency is the branch route that connects the ring road to the Tōmei Expressway.

[4] The section between Hikiyama Interchange and Ōmori Interchange consists of tunnels that run underneath waterways; vehicles carrying dangerous goods are forbidden from travelling through these tunnels and must use alternate routes.