Shuto Expressway

The Shuto Kōsokudōro K. K. (Japanese首都 高速 道路 株式会社, " Capital highways AG " Lit, Eng. Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd. ) is the operator of the urban motorway Tokyo, with about 300 km of nets most of the highways in and around the districts Tokyo's accounts. It opens up, especially the eastern part of the Tokyo prefecture, but also extends into the neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba. It should not be confused with the Tokyo highway ( Tōkyō Kōsokudōro ).

The company was founded in 2005 from the 1959 eponymous public companies ( Kodan ) out. The main shareholders are with almost half of the shares, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport followed by the prefectures of Tokyo and Kanagawa, which together hold nearly one-third of the shares. As Tokushu - gaisha (特殊 会 社, "Special Company") such as NTT, the Tokyo Metro or JT was the Shuto Kōsokudōro KK by a separate law, namely the kōsokudōro - kabushiki - gaisha hō (高速 道路 株式会社 法, " highway Companies Act " ) created: the central government or the local authorities always have accordingly at least one third of the shares. The issuance of bonds or capital so require the approval of the Ministry.

Task of the company are the operation and maintenance of highways. Owner of the routes is, however, at the same time decorated with the privatization in 2005 national Nihon kōsokudōro Hoyu, Saimu hensai Kiko (日本 高速 道路 保有·债务 返 済 机构, "Organization for ownership and debt repayment of the highways of Japan ", engl. Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency short JEHDRA ), a self -regulatory body of the Ministry. This also handles the case of newly built trails ownership rights and liabilities.

Route network

The main routes of the city highway Tokyo are connected to the inner ring of C1, which passes through the districts of Chūō, Chiyoda and Minato. Six From there go clockwise from numbered routes, the routes with the higher numbers 7, 9, 10 and 11 fit only partially into this scheme. Since 1982, the middle ring ( Chūō - KANJO - sen) C2 is built, leading from the Tokyo Bay through the outer wards of Tokyo, and except for a section in the southwest ( planned completion 2013) together with the line B ( Wangan -sen, B as in engl. Bayshore Route ) forms a closed ring. Other trails lead into the prefectures of Kanagawa (K1 to K6) and Saitama (S2, S5) and bind the megacities Kawasaki, Yokohama and Saitama to the mains. Chiba in the east by stretching the East Japan motorway operator Higashi Nihon - Kōsokudōro ( NEXCO Higashi Nihon - ) connected, which connect to the lines 7 and B. The NEXCO Higashi- Nihon also operates the Gaikan jidōshadō ( " Outer Ring Road ", engl. Gaikan Expressway ) to form a third ring, but so far only leads the Tokyo Nerima district through the south of Saitama prefecture.

In Japanese, there are the track names from a location or route designation and partly the route number, eg ichi - gō Haneda -sen (1号 羽 田 线), or " No 1 Haneda Line " Wangan -sen (湾 岸线), " Bay Coast Line ", or toshin - KANJO -sen (都 心 环状 线), " city circle line ". On road signs are all shown together with the Latin letters and / or the associated numbers.

  • Ring roads: C1 Inner Ring The line No. 8 ( Kyobashi JCT - Higashi- Ginza ) provides the connection to the Tōkyō Kōsokudōro; but it is only 100 meters long and is signposted as part of the inner ring.
  • # 1 Ueno - line ( Edobashi JCT - Iriya )
  • # 1 Haneda Line ( Hamazaki -bashi JCT - Tama Road Bridge )
  • # 2 Meguro Line ( Ichinohashi JCT - Togoshi )
  • No. 3 Shibuya Line ( Tanimachi JCT - Yōga )
  • No. 4 Shinjuku Line ( Miyakezaka JCT - Takaido )
  • No. 5 Ikebukuro line ( Takebashi JCT - Bijogi JCT )
  • # 6 Mukojima line ( Edobashi JCT - Horikiri JCT )
  • # 6 Misato- line ( Kosuge JCT - Misato JCT )
  • # 7 Komatsugawa line ( Ryōgoku JCT - Yagouchi )
  • # 9 Fukagawa - line ( Hakozaki JCT - Tatsumi JCT )
  • No. 10 Harumi - line ( Toyosu - Shinonome JCT, under construction )
  • No. 11 Daiba Line ( Shibaura JCT - Ariake JCT )
  • B Wangan Line ( Tama Tunnel - Kōya JCT, JCT Tōkai - Shōwajima JCT )
  • Y Yaesu - line
  • K1 Yokohane line ( Tama Road Bridge - Ishikawacho JCT )
  • K2 Mitsusawa line ( Kinko JCT - Mitsuzawa )
  • K3 Kariba line ( Honmoku JCT - Kariba )
  • K4 Isogo - line ( in the planning stage abandoned)
  • K5 Daikoku Line ( Namamugi JCT - Daikoku JCT )
  • K6 Kawasaki Line ( Tonomachi - Kawasaki Ukishima JCT )
  • B Wangan Line ( Namiki - Tama - tunnel )
  • S1 Kawaguchi - line ( Kohoku JCT - Kawaguchi JCT )
  • S2 Saitama Shintoshin line ( Yono - Saitama Minuma )
  • S5 Ōmiya line ( Bijogi JCT - Yono )

Prices

Unlike most Japanese overland routes, prices for the urban motorway Tokyo are not depending on distance. Cars, vans and light trucks pay for one-time use fixed price 700 yen on the Tokyo routes, 600 on the Kanagawa lines and 500 to the Saitama lines; certain routes such as the airport highway Haneda cost 300 yen. Great coaches and lorries pay 1,400 yen in Tokyo and lower prices on other routes.

Since 1997, the payment increasingly turning to the electronic billing system ETC ( Electronic Toll Collection) is changed. ETC users pay at night and on Sundays and public holidays discounted prices.

Types of business entity Kasumigaseki Chiyoda, Tokyo Special wards of Tokyo Tokyo Expressway Inner Circular Route (Shuto Expressway) Kawasaki (Kanagawa) Saitama, Saitama Chiba, Chiba Route 3 (Shuto Expressway) Expressways of Japan Akita Expressway Aomori Expressway Hachinohe Expressway Hokuriku Expressway Meishin Expressway Kanmonkyo Bridge Hanshin Expressway
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