Fukagawa Route

The Fukagawa Route (深川線, Fukagawa-sen), signed as Route 9, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a 5.3-kilometer (3.3 mi) 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 which connects Tokyo to its neighboring prefectures, Chiba Prefecture and Kanagawa Prefecture.

Shuto Expressway Fukagawa Route
首都高速9号深川線
Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Existed1980–present
Major junctions
North endHakozaki Junction in Chūō
6 Mukojima Route
South endTatsumi Junction in Kōtō
B Bayshore Route
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

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 and the capital of the prefecture, Chiba. It is used less heavily than the more direct Komatsugawa Route and Keiyō Road to Chiba, so travel times along the Fukagawa Route to those destinations are often faster than the direct route.[1]

Route 9 begins at Hakozaki Junction with the Mukojima Route in Chūō City above Tokyo City Air Terminal, a bus terminal for Airport Transport Service, an airport bus operator. From there it travels southeast crossing over the Sumida River 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.[2]

The speed limit on the Fukagawa Route is set at 60 km/h.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Junction list
LocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Chūō0.00.0—HakozakiC1 E4 E14 E6 6 Mukojima Route – Inner Circular Route, Ginza, Tōhoku Expressway, Keiyō Expressway, Jōban ExpresswayNorthern terminus
0.00.0601-604HamachōKiyosubashi-dōriSouthbound entrance, northbound exit
Kōtō1.30.81902FukuzumiTokyo Metropolitan Route 475 – Shin-Ōhashi-dōri, AkihabaraSouthbound entrance, northbound exit
1.81.1903KibaTokyo Metropolitan Route 319 (Mitsume-dōri) – Tatsumi, Meiji-dōriSouthbound exit, northbound entrance
3.11.9904ShiohamaTokyo Metropolitan Route 319 (Mitsume-dōri)Southbound entrance
3.11.9906EdagawaTokyo Metropolitan Route 319 – Toyosu, Eitai-dōriNorthbound exit
5.63.5—Tatsumi E51B Bayshore Route – Narita, Higashi-Kantō Expressway, Yokohama, Haneda Airport, Rainbow BridgeSouthern terminus; Tatsumi No. 1 Parking Area is part of the junction
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "首都高、晴海線 晴海～豊洲を2018年3月開通。湾岸線と都心をつなぐ深川線・台場線に続く第3のルート" (in Japanese). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "路線から出入口を探す" (in Japanese). Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "Tokyo Shutoko Expressway: Japan's Busiest Road Network". Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. "平成27年度全国道路・街路交通情勢調査 一般交通量調査 箇所別基本表" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. "首都高の歴史". Metropolitan Expressway (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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