Kariba Route
{{short description|Expressway in the Tokyo area}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{infobox road|country=JPN
| name =Shuto Expressway Kariba Route
| marker_image = 80px
| translation = 首都高速神奈川3号狩場線
| lang = ja
| map =
|map_custom =
|map_notes=
|maint= Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
| length_mi =
| length_km = 8.6
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established = 1984
| allocation =
| direction_a = East
| terminus_a = {{ill|Honmoku Junction|ja|本牧ジャンクション}} in Naka-ku, Yokohama
File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign B.svg Bayshore Route
| junction = File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign K1.svg Yokohane Route
| direction_b = West
| terminus_b = {{ill|Kariba Junction|ja|狩場ジャンクション}} in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E16}}
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E83|dab1=Y}}
}}
The {{Nihongo|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 {{convert|8.6|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} 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.
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.{{cite web|title=狩場線|url=https://www.shutoko.jp/use/network/map/route-k3/|language=ja|work=Metropolitan Expressway|accessdate=20 November 2019}}
The speed limit along almost the first {{convert|5.1|km|mi|sp=us}} 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.{{cite web|title=首都高速道路速度規制図|trans-title=Shuto Expressway Speed Regulation Map|url=https://www.totokyo.or.jp/safety/topics/file/anzensoukousienguid/p24_25-syutokoseigensokudozu.pdf|language=ja|accessdate=20 November 2019}}
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.{{cite web|title=首都高の歴史|url=https://www.shutoko.jp/fun/history/|language=ja|work=Metropolitan Expressway|accessdate=19 November 2019}}
Junction list
The entire expressway lies within Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture
{{JPNinttop|exit|name|nopref=yes|length_ref={{google maps |title=Kariba Route|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.4301843,139.6710573/35.4428787,139.5780994/@35.4325524,139.6679235,17z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|accessdate=19 November 2019}}}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Naka-ku
|lspan=4
|km=0.0
|exit=—
|name=Honmoku
|road={{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}}{{hair space}}File:JP Expressway CA.svg{{hair space}}File:JP Expressway E16.svg{{hair space}}File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign K5.svgFile:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign B.svg Bayshore Route – Haneda, Daikoku Futo, Urayasu, Daikoku Route, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Yokohama Yokosuka Road, Sachiura, Sugita
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=1.5
|exit=351/352
|type=incomplete
|name=Shin-yamashita
|road=Yamashita Park, Honmoku Wharf, China Town, Motomachi
|notes=No access from traffic traveling on the westbound ramp from northbound Bayshore Route
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=1.5
|exit=354
|type=incomplete
|name=Yamashitachō
|road=
|notes=Westbound entrance; exit from southbound Yokohane Route
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=2.3
|exit=353
|type=incomplete
|name=Ishikawachō
|road={{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}}File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign K1.svg Yokohane Route north – Haneda Airport, Minato Mirai
Shin-Yokohama-dōri
|notes=Southern terminus of the Yokohane Route; eastbound entrance only from Shin-Yokohama-dōri
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Minami-ku
|lspan=3
|km=4.5
|exit=356
|type=incomplete
|name=Bandōbashi
|road=Yokohama City Route 6 – Kannai Station, City Hall
|notes=Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=5.1
|exit=357
|type=incomplete
|name=Hananoki
|road=Kanagawa Prefecture Route 218 6 – Minamiōta, Kamiōoka
|notes=Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=6.5
|exit=359
|type=incomplete
|name=Nagata
|road=Kanagawa Prefecture Route 218 6 – Hodogaya, Idogaya
|notes=Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Hodogaya-ku
|lspan=2
|km=7.3
|type=incomplete
|name=Kariba Toll Booth
|notes=Eastbound traffic only}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=8.6
|exit=—
|name=Kariba
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E16}}
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E83|dab1=Y}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete|col=8}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Japan}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{commons-inline|Category:Route K3 (Shuto Expressway)}}
{{Shuto Expressway}}