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The Metropolitan Expressway: a History Komagata PA Mitsuzawa Total Length Route No Shutoko Network o n- P.07 Ke Metropolitan Expressway Network Route list Safety Inner Circular Route Ageo Minami (tentative name) Central Circular Route P.13 Route No. 1 Ueno Line Route No. 1 Haneda Line Comfort T o Route No. 2 Meguro Line h o k u Route No. 3 Shibuya Line E x p Route No. 4 Shinjuku Line r e s s Route No. 5 Ikebukuro Line Saitama Minuma w a y Route No. 6 Mukojima Line Yono Saitama Shintoshin Route Route No. 6 Misato Line Route No. 7 Komatsugawa Line ay sw Saitama Omiya Route s Route No. 9 Fukagawa Line re p x E Route No. 10 Harumi Line Kawaguchi JCT n -Gaik a Tokyo an Exp b Route No. 11 Daiba Line res o swa J ●Kawaguchi PA y Yaesu Route Angyo Bay Shore Route PARKING AREA Kawaguchi Route Misato JCT Bijogi JCT Kanagawa Route No. 1 Yokohane Line Kanagawa Route No. 2 Mitsuzawa Line Kanagawa Route No. 3 Kariba Line K ●Yashio PA Kanagawa Route No. 5 Daikoku Line a n- et su Kanagawa Route No. 6 Kawasaki Line E xp re Kanagawa Route No. 7 Yokohama North Line s s w Ikebukuro Line Shimura PA a ● Kahei PA ● Misato Line y Kawaguchi Route Saitama Shintoshin Route Oizumi JCT Nerima IC C r Ro Saitama Omiya Route en l Circula ute tra Yotsugi e t Higashi-ikebukuro u Nishi-ikebukuro o R Mukojima r Minami-ikebukuro PA la ● u c Iriya Mukojima Line ir C l a r t Ueno Keiyo JCT n e Ueno Line Komatsugawa Shinozaki IC C ● Komagata PA Komatsugawa Keiyo Road Shinjuku P.19 (Yagouchi) e Line t Hakozaki PA Wangan Ichikawa IC Takaido IC Yoyogi PA u ● o Koya JCT Eifuku PA R ● Hakozaki r Kasumigaseki la The Future and u Takaido ● c ● Chuo Expressway A Ichikawa PA er Fukagawa Higashi-Kanto Expressway n Ginza Shibuya Daiba Line Shinjuku Line In Line the Environment Harumi P.33 Line Bay Shore Route Tatsumi No. 1 PA ● Shibaura PA Daiba ● Tatsumi No. 2 PA Human Tokyo IC Yoga PA Meguro ● Urayasu Ariake Meguro ● Line Resource Yoga Shibuya Line Togoshi Development Tamagawa IC P.27 y a w Oi PA (eastbound) PA list s s e ● Oi PA (westbound) r ● Challenge p Heiwajima PA (inbound) x ● ● Route No. 1 Haneda Line E i Heiwajima PA (outbound) e d Heiwajima PA (inbound) m a o o R T Heiwajima PA (outbound) n i h i Route No. 3 Shibuya Line e K Airport Chuo - Haneda Yoga PA n a Contents Haneda s i Line Route No. 4 Shinjuku Line Yokohama Aoba IC a Kawasaki D Daishi ● Daishi PA Line Eifuku PA Yoyogi PA Yokohama North Line Route No. 5 Ikebukuro Line 01 Metropolitan Expressway Network Kawasaki-Ukishima JCT Shimura PA Yokohama Kohoku JCT Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Asada Minami-ikebukuro PA 03 President’s message / Management Principles Route No. 6 Mukojima Line Yokohane Line Hakozaki PA Bay Shore Route 05 The Metropolitan Expressway: A History Komagata PA Mitsuzawa Total length Route No. 6 Misato Line 07 Safety (in-service Kahei PA Daikoku Line sections) 320.1 km Mitsuzawa Yashio PA ●Daikoku PA (as of January 2019) 13 Line Daikoku Futo Route No. 9 Fukagawa Line Comfort Minatomirai Yokohama o d Tatsumi No. 1 PA n Park i h Kariba 19 S Total trafc The Future and the Environment Tatsumi No. 2 PA a JCT Nagata Honmoku Futo am volume h 1.02 Route No. 11 Daiba Line o Kariba Line k o Shibaura PA 27 Y million vehicles/day Challenge (December 2018) Bay Shore Route Y o Ichikawa PA k 33 o Human Resource Development h Oi PA (eastbound) a PA m locations a 20 Oi PA (westbound) - Y 37 Corporate Profile o k Daikoku PA o s u k Kanagawa Route No. 1 Yokohane Line a Legend (in-service sections) (unopened section) Abbreviations R Daishi PA o a Namiki IC Metropolitan Yokohama Circular d JCT: junction Southern Route Sachiura Expressway Kawaguchi Route Other PA: parking area Kawaguchi PA Kamariya JCT expressways, etc. (as of January 2019) 01 Shutoko Network o n- P.07 Ke Metropolitan Expressway Network Route list Safety Inner Circular Route Ageo Minami (tentative name) Central Circular Route P.13 Route No. 1 Ueno Line Route No. 1 Haneda Line Comfort T o Route No. 2 Meguro Line h o k u Route No. 3 Shibuya Line E x p Route No. 4 Shinjuku Line r e s s Route No. 5 Ikebukuro Line Saitama Minuma w a y Route No. 6 Mukojima Line Yono Saitama Shintoshin Route Route No. 6 Misato Line Route No. 7 Komatsugawa Line ay sw Saitama Omiya Route s Route No. 9 Fukagawa Line re p x E Route No. 10 Harumi Line Kawaguchi JCT n -Gaik a Tokyo an Exp b Route No. 11 Daiba Line res o swa J ●Kawaguchi PA y Yaesu Route Angyo Bay Shore Route PARKING AREA Kawaguchi Route Misato JCT Bijogi JCT Kanagawa Route No. 1 Yokohane Line Kanagawa Route No. 2 Mitsuzawa Line Kanagawa Route No. 3 Kariba Line K ●Yashio PA Kanagawa Route No. 5 Daikoku Line a n- et su Kanagawa Route No. 6 Kawasaki Line E xp re Kanagawa Route No. 7 Yokohama North Line s s w Ikebukuro Line Shimura PA a ● Kahei PA ● Misato Line y Kawaguchi Route Saitama Shintoshin Route Oizumi JCT Nerima IC C r Ro Saitama Omiya Route en l Circula ute tra Yotsugi e t Higashi-ikebukuro u Nishi-ikebukuro o R Mukojima r Minami-ikebukuro PA la ● u c Iriya Mukojima Line ir C l a r t Ueno Keiyo JCT n e Ueno Line Komatsugawa Shinozaki IC C ● Komagata PA Komatsugawa Keiyo Road Shinjuku P.19 (Yagouchi) e Line t Hakozaki PA Wangan Ichikawa IC Takaido IC Yoyogi PA u ● o Koya JCT Eifuku PA R ● Hakozaki r Kasumigaseki la The Future and u Takaido ● c ● Chuo Expressway A Ichikawa PA er Fukagawa Higashi-Kanto Expressway n Ginza Shibuya Daiba Line Shinjuku Line In Line the Environment Harumi P.33 Line Bay Shore Route Tatsumi No. 1 PA ● Shibaura PA Daiba ● Tatsumi No. 2 PA Human Tokyo IC Yoga PA Meguro ● Urayasu Ariake Meguro ● Line Resource Yoga Shibuya Line Togoshi Development Tamagawa IC P.27 y a w Oi PA (eastbound) PA list s s e ● Oi PA (westbound) r ● Challenge p Heiwajima PA (inbound) x ● ● Route No. 1 Haneda Line E i Heiwajima PA (outbound) e d Heiwajima PA (inbound) m a o o R T Heiwajima PA (outbound) n i h i Route No. 3 Shibuya Line e K Airport Chuo - Haneda Yoga PA n a Contents Haneda s i Line Route No. 4 Shinjuku Line Yokohama Aoba IC a Kawasaki D Daishi ● Daishi PA Line Eifuku PA Yoyogi PA Yokohama North Line Route No. 5 Ikebukuro Line 01 Metropolitan Expressway Network Kawasaki-Ukishima JCT Shimura PA Yokohama Kohoku JCT Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Asada Minami-ikebukuro PA 03 President’s message / Management Principles Route No. 6 Mukojima Line Yokohane Line Hakozaki PA Bay Shore Route 05 The Metropolitan Expressway: A History Komagata PA Mitsuzawa Total length Route No. 6 Misato Line 07 Safety (in-service Kahei PA Daikoku Line sections) 320.1 km Mitsuzawa Yashio PA ●Daikoku PA (as of January 2019) 13 Line Daikoku Futo Route No. 9 Fukagawa Line Comfort Minatomirai Yokohama o d Tatsumi No. 1 PA n Park i h Kariba 19 S Total trafc The Future and the Environment Tatsumi No. 2 PA a JCT Nagata Honmoku Futo am volume h 1.02 Route No. 11 Daiba Line o Kariba Line k o Shibaura PA 27 Y million vehicles/day Challenge (December 2018) Bay Shore Route Y o Ichikawa PA k 33 o Human Resource Development h Oi PA (eastbound) a PA m locations a 20 Oi PA (westbound) - Y 37 Corporate Profile o k Daikoku PA o s u k Kanagawa Route No. 1 Yokohane Line a Legend (in-service sections) (unopened section) Abbreviations R Daishi PA o a Namiki IC Metropolitan Yokohama Circular d JCT: junction Southern Route Sachiura Expressway Kawaguchi Route Other PA: parking area Kawaguchi PA Kamariya JCT expressways, etc. (as of January 2019) 02 Networking People, Communities, and Daily Lives In addition to the advancing aging of the Metropolitan We are also moving ahead with improvement work on the President’s Message Expressway’s structural parts, it also experiences excessive Yokohama Circular Northwestern Route and other routes as usage, consisting of five times more heavy-vehicle traffic in well as establishing measures to prevent traffic congestion to comparison to local roads in Tokyo’s 23 wards. As a direct ensure that all users can use the roads in comfort. We are also consequence of this, we are actively moving ahead with involved in a project to move the Metropolitan Expressway large-scale renovation and repair projects as well as imple- underground near Nihonbashi as part of a collaborative effort President menting comprehensive management covering daily inspec- targeting town planning in the surrounding area. tions and repairs, etc., to ensure that structural safety is Furthermore, in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Toshitaka Miyata maintained in the long term. In addition to this, we carry out and Paralympics, while making efforts to improve our high-grade, efficient maintenance management with the use highway landscape, we will take a key role in the games’ ® We, Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited (Shutoko), of ICT technology such as the i-DREAMs smart infra- transportation network to contribute to their success. engage day and night in the construction, maintenance, and structure management system.
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