Kariba Route

The Kariba Route (狩場線, Kariba-sen), signed as Route K3, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area and is one of seven of the routes in the system serving Kanagawa Prefecture. The route is a 8.6-kilometer (5.3 mi) long radial highway running west from the Bayshore Route in Naka-ku, Yokohama near Haneda International Airport in Tokyo to the Yokohama Yokosuka Road and the Yokohama Shindō in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama. Alongside the Yokohama Yokosuka Road, it connects central Yokohama to the Tōmei Expressway and the Bayshore Route which, in turn, connect to the rest of the Greater Tokyo Area and points beyond.

Shuto Expressway Kariba Route
首都高速神奈川3号狩場線
Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length8.6 km (5.3 mi)
Existed1984–present
Major junctions
East endHonmoku Junction in Naka-ku, Yokohama
BR Bayshore Route
Major intersectionsK1 Yokohane Route
West endKariba Junction in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Yokohama–Yokosuka Road
Yokohama Shindō
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

Route description

Route K3 begins at Honmoku Junction in Naka-ku traveling west to central Yokohama from the Bayshore Route. From this eastern terminus, it travels west through central Yokohama as an elevated highway over the Nakamura River. At Ishikawachō Junction it has an interchange with the southern terminus of the Yokohane Route. Continuing west the expressway enters Minami-ku, where it has some junctions with various municipal and prefecture roads. At Hanaoki, the Kariba Route leaves the Nakamura River curving to the northwest, eventually entering Hodogaya-ku. In this ward Route K3 meets its western terminus at Kariba Junction where it merges into the Yokohama Yokosuka Road and the Yokohama Shindō.[1]

The speed limit along almost the first 5.1 kilometers (3.2 mi) of the Kariba Route from the Bayshore Route to Hanaoki is set at 50 km/h. The remainder of the route between Hananoki and the route's western terminus at Kariba Junction has a speed limit that is increased to 60 km/h.[2]

History

The first section of the Kariba Route was opened to traffic on 2 February 1984 between the interchanges at Shin-yamashita and Yokohama-kōen. The expressway was extended direction to its eastern terminus at Honmoku Junction where it meets the Bayshore Route on 27 September 1987 upon the completion of the Yokohama Bay Bridge along the Bayhore Route. Next, it was extended west to Kariba Junction, the expressway's western terminus, on 20 March 1990.[3]

Junction list

The entire expressway lies within Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture

Locationkm[4]miExitNameDestinationsNotes
Naka-ku0.00.0—Honmoku  CA E16 K5B Bayshore Route – Haneda, Daikoku Futo, Urayasu, Daikoku Route, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Yokohama Yokosuka Road, Sachiura, SugitaEastern terminus
1.50.93351/352Shin-yamashitaYamashita Park, Honmoku Wharf, China Town, MotomachiNo access from traffic traveling on the westbound ramp from northbound Bayshore Route
1.50.93354YamashitachōWestbound entrance; exit from southbound Yokohane Route
2.31.4353Ishikawachō K1 Yokohane Route north – Haneda Airport, Minato Mirai
Shin-Yokohama-dōri		Southern terminus of the Yokohane Route; eastbound entrance only from Shin-Yokohama-dōri
Minami-ku4.52.8356BandōbashiYokohama City Route 6 – Kannai Station, City HallWestbound entrance, eastbound exit
5.13.2357HananokiKanagawa Prefecture Route 218 6 – Minamiōta, KamiōokaWestbound exit, eastbound entrance
6.54.0359NagataKanagawa Prefecture Route 218 6 – Hodogaya, IdogayaWestbound exit, eastbound entrance
Hodogaya-ku7.34.5Kariba Toll BoothEastbound traffic only
8.65.3—Kariba Yokohama–Yokosuka Road
Yokohama Shindō		Western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "狩場線". Metropolitan Expressway (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. "首都高速道路速度規制図" [Shuto Expressway Speed Regulation Map] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  3. "首都高の歴史". Metropolitan Expressway (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. Google (19 November 2019). "Kariba Route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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