The , signed as Route 9, is one of the tolled routes of the
Shuto Expressway system serving the
Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a long radial highway running south from the
Tokyo ward of
Chūō to the ward of
Kōtō. It connects Tokyo's
Mukojima Route in central Tokyo to the
Bayshore Route
The 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 stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of ...
which connects Tokyo to its neighboring prefectures,
Chiba Prefecture and
Kanagawa Prefecture.
Route description
The Fukagawa Route is the northernmost of three routes linking the Bayshore Route to central Tokyo, as such, it primarily links Tokyo to destinations within Chiba Prefecture like
Narita International Airport
Narita International Airport ( ja, 成田国際空港, Narita Kokusai Kūkō) , also known as Tokyo-Narita, formerly and originally known as , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Haneda Airport ...
and the capital of the prefecture,
Chiba
Chiba may refer to:
Places China
* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
. It is used less heavily than the more direct
Komatsugawa Route and
Keiyō Road
The is a limited access Tokyo-Chiba toll road in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
Keiyō is a kanji acronym of two characters, each representing the two major urban areas connected by the route. The firs ...
to Chiba, so travel times along the Fukagawa Route to those destinations are often faster than the direct route.
Route 9 begins at Hakozaki Junction with the Mukojima Route in Chūō City above
Tokyo City Air Terminal, a
bus terminal
A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it generally refers to a bus garage. A bus station is la ...
for
Airport Transport Service, an
airport bus
An airport bus, or airport shuttle bus or airport shuttle is a bus used to transport people to and from, or within airports. These vehicles will usually be equipped with larger luggage space, and incorporate special branding. They are also comm ...
operator. From there it travels southeast crossing over the
Sumida River
The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (in Kita-ku) and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers.
It passes through the Kita, Adachi, Arakaw ...
into Kōtō City. Just before reaching
Kiba Park the route turns south entering the part of Kōtō City made up of artificial islands on the northern edge of
Tokyo Bay. Upon reaching the bay, the expressway terminates at Tatsumi Junction where it meets the bypass of Tokyo, the Bayshore Route.
The speed limit on the Fukagawa Route is set at 60 km/h.
According to a 2015 survey conducted by the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the road carried an average of 52,473 vehicles per day.
History
The entirety of the Fukagawa Route was opened to traffic on 5 February 1980 instead of being opened in phases like many of the other routes in the
Shuto Expressway network.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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{{Shuto Expressway
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1980 establishments in Japan
Roads in Tokyo