Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Plans for an expressway on the route were first drawn up around 1970, initially in the form of an elevated expressway over the Meguro River between Shibuya and Oimachi. The elevated expressway plan was shelved shortly after, following concerns about environmental issues and local resident protests, but re-emerged in the 1990s in the form of a tunnel plan.
The Yamate Tunnel is a deep tunnel constructed beneath Yamate Street, the first section over 11 km (6.8 mi) in length, was opened to traffic on 22 December 2007. From 2010, the tunnel extended the Central Circular Route south from near Ikebukuro to Ohashi Junction connecting with Route 3 .
Shuto Expressway system in 2015 shown in red, other interconnected expressways in green. The Shuto Expressway (首都高速道路, Shuto Kōsoku-dōro, "Metropolitan Expressway", lit.
The Yaesu Route (八重洲線, Yaesu-sen), signed as Route Y, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. It connects the Inner Circular Route at Kandabashi Junction in Chiyoda Ward to the Tokyo Expressway at Nishi-ginza Junction in Chūō Ward.
Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The Bayshore Route (湾岸線, Wangan-sen) signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area.The Bayshore Route is a 62.1-kilometer (38.6 mi) stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture in the east.
The first section of the Yokohane Route was opened to traffic on 19 July 1968 between the interchanges at Asada and Higashikanagawa. Later that year, on 28 November, the expressway was extended north to its current northern terminus at Haneda. Next it was extended south to Kinkō Junction on 7 August 1972.