Private company

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company

Logo: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese transport company

The Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited (本州四国連絡高速道路株式会社, Honshū-shikoku-renraku-kōsoku-dōro-kabushikigaisha), abbreviated as JB本四高速 (JB honshi-kōsoku; with "JB" stands for "Japan Bridge") in Japanese or HSBE in English, operates the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto, Nishiseto, and Seto-Chūō expressways and their respective bridges between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku, Japan. It is headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kōbe, Hyōgo Prefecture.2 It employed 380 people in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1, 2005Founded1
  • Industrytertiary sector of the economy1
  • HeadquartersOnoe-dōri1
  • Websitewww.jb-honshi.co.jp/corp_index
  • Legal formSpecially designated public corporation, kabushiki gaisha1
Urban Ace Sannomiya Building
Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited (本州四国連絡高速道路株式会社, Honshū-shikoku-renraku-kōsoku-dōro-kabushikigaisha), abbreviated as JB本四高速 (JB honshi-kōsoku; with "JB" stands for "Japan Bridge") in Japanese or HSBE in English, operates the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto, Nishiseto, and Seto-Chūō expressways and their respective bridges between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku, Japan. It is headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kōbe, Hyōgo Prefecture.2

Corporate structure

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Onoe-dōri

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority1

Employees over time

  • 20243801

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2005Founded Founded1