The , signed as Route K7, 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

Greater Tokyo Area The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan (including Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis and the prefectures of Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma, Ibaraki Prefecture, ...

and is one of seven of the routes in the system serving

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 ...

. The route is a long expressway running west from the northern terminus of the Daikoku Route at a junction with the Yokohane Route in

Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 ku ( wards) of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 270,433 and a density of 8,140 persons per km². The total area is 33.23 km². Geography Tsurumi-ku is l ...

, to the

Daisan Keihin Road is a national highway in Japan connecting Setagaya and Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, with a total length of . List of interchanges and features Daisan Keihin Road A major part of the National Route 466 is known as the , a limited access toll road ...

Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 199,258 and a population density, density of 7,130 persons per km2. The total area was 27.93 km ...

in Kanagawa Prefecture. Alongside the Daikoku Route, it connects northern Yokohama to the region-spanning

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 ...

Route description

The Yokohama North Route begins at Namamugi Junction with the Yokohane and Daikoku routes in Tsurumi Ward near the mouth of the

Tsurumi River The is a river in Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It begins in Kamioyamada-machi, Machida and flows 42.5 kilometers before emptying into Tokyo Bay is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coast ...

. From there it travels west through Tsurumi where it enters a tunnel that carries the majority of the length of the expressway. At the eastern entrance to the tunnel the expressway has a partial interchange with National Route 1. The tunnel, named the Yokohama-kita Tunnel, is a long, twin- bore tunnel that travels at a maximum of below the surface. At the western entrance to the tunnel there is another interchange, this one is with Kanagawa Prefecture Route 13. This is also the point where the ramps to and from the Daisan Keihin Road begin and end. The expressway terminates at that highway, but also has access to the local streets in the Tsuzuki Ward where it ends. The speed limit along the entire length of the Yokohama North Route is set at 60 km/h.

History

The entirety of the Yokohama North Route was opened to traffic on 18 March 2017 instead of being opened in phases like many of the other routes in the

network. The only addition to the route since its initial opening date is the interchange at Baba, which will open in 2019. The Yokohama North Route was connected the Yokohama Northwest Route, opened by the Metropolitan Expressway Company on 22 March 2020. The new expressway connected the Bayshore Route to the

Tōmei Expressway The is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. The expressway is designated as E1 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering", because it parallels Na ...

Gallery

Shutoko K7 Shin-yokohama Entrance.jpg, Shin-Yokohama entrance in Kōhoku-ku Okuma-river truss bridge 01.jpg, The Okuma River Truss bridge Kitasen tunnel -01.jpg, Construction of the tunnel section of the Yokohama North Route in 2011 Metropolitan Expressway Namamugi JCT1.JPG, The eastern terminus of the expressway at Namamugi Junction

Junction list

The entire expressway lies within

Yokohama is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...

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