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Road transport is an essential element of the Japanese transport network, and vital part of the Japanese economy.Japan's history of having human-made roads ranging from the present to the Jōmon period.
Beginning in 1952, Japan classified these as Class 1 or Class 2. Class 1 highways had one- or two-digit numbers, while Class 2 highways had three-digit numbers. For example, routes 1 and 57 were Class 1 highways while 507 (the one with the highest number) was a Class 2 highway.
All roads in Japan that are built to expressway standards (including national and urban expressways themselves) are known as Roads for motor vehicles only (自動車専用道路, Jidōsha Senyō Dōro). If a road for motor vehicles only cannot be classified as a national or urban expressway, it may be classified into one of the following ...
Roads In Japan, from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) Archived 28 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine - English and Japanese website, the link refer specifically to 5 PDF chapters - as well as a reference chapter - on road history, statistics, maps, construction and advanced road technologies in Japan (graphics ...
Number Origin Terminus Length (km) Vehicles only (popular name) National Route 1: Chūō, Tokyo [1]: Kita-ku, Osaka: 566.4: National Route 2: Kita-ku, Osaka: Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū
Out of all of the national highways in Japan, it is the second longest land-based route after National Route 4, [5] though National Route 58 is the longest route when seabound routes are factored in. [6] The highway's origin and eastern terminus lie at Nihonbashi in Tokyo's Chūō ward. At Nihonbashi it meets national routes 4, 6, 14, 15, 17 ...
The Yokosuka-Yokohama section was designated as National Highway 45 on 8 July 1887 and became National Highway 31 in 1920 and Route 16 in 1952. On 1 April 1963, Route 16 was extended to Kisarazu, replacing a portion of Route 127 and all of Route 129 when these sections were promoted to Class 1 highways, forming the current route around Tokyo.
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan The Shibuya Route ( 渋谷線 , Shibuya-sen ) , signed as Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway system and AH1 as a part of that route of the Asian Highway Network , is one of the radial routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area.