The , signed as Route 9, is one of the tolled routes of the

Shuto Expressway The is a network of Toll road, tolled expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are Grade separation, grade separated and have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that require cauti ...

system serving the

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. The route is a long radial highway running south from the Tokyo ward of Chūō to the ward of

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. 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 Toll road, tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Bayshore Route is a stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in th ...

which connects Tokyo to its neighboring prefectures,

Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...

and

Kanagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...

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

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and the capital of the prefecture, Chiba. It is used less heavily than the more direct

Komatsugawa Route The , signed as Route 7, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a long radial highway running east from the Tokyo ward of Sumida to the ward of Edogawa. It connects Tokyo's Muk ...

and Keiyō Road 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

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for Airport Transport Service, an

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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, Arak ...

into Kōtō City. Just before reaching

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the route turns south entering the part of Kōtō City made up of artificial islands on the northern edge of

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. 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

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, 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

Route description

History

Junction list

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