Mitsuzawa Route
{{short description|Expressway in the Tokyo area}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{infobox road|country=JPN
| name = Shuto Expressway Mitsuzawa Route
首都高速神奈川2号三ツ沢線
| marker_image = 80px
| map =
| map_custom =
|map_notes=
|maint= Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
| length_mi =
| length_km = 2.3
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established = 1972
| allocation =
| direction_a = East
| terminus_a = {{ill|Kinkō Junction|ja|金港ジャンクション}} in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
File:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign K1.svg Yokohane Route
| junction =
| direction_b = West
| terminus_b = {{ill|Mitsuzawa Junction|ja|三ツ沢ジャンクション}} in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E83|dab1=D}} / Yokohama Shindō
}}
The {{Nihongo|Mitsuzawa Route|三ツ沢線|Mitsuzawa-sen}}, signed as Route K2, 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|2.3|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} long expressway running west from a junction with the Yokohane Route in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, to the Daisan Keihin Road and the Yokohama Shindō in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture. It serves as a radial route running west from central Yokohama.
Route description
The Mitsuzawa Route links central Yokohama and the Yokohane Route to the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo, primarily Setagaya, by way of the Daisan Keihin Road. Route K2 begins at Kinkō Junction in Nishi-ku traveling west from the Yokohane Route. From this eastern terminus, it travels west through the northern limits of the ward, curving slightly to the northwest. It passes beneath Mitsuzawa Park near NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium where it crosses in to Kanagawa-ku where it has a junction with Kanagawa Prefecture Route 13. Next it enters Hodogaya-ku. In this ward Route K2 meets its western terminus at Mitsuzawa Junction where it transitions into the Daisan Keihin Road with access also to the Yokohama Shindō.{{cite web|title=三ツ沢線|url=https://www.shutoko.jp/use/network/map/route-k2/|language=ja|work=Metropolitan Expressway|accessdate=25 November 2019}}
The speed limit along almost the entirety of the Mitsuzawa Route is set at 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=25 November 2019}}
History
The first section of the Mitsuzawa Route was opened to traffic on 7 August 1972. It was a {{convert|0.6|km|mi|sp=us|adj=on}} long segment between the route's eastern terminus at Kinkō Junction and the interchange at Yokohama-eki-nishiguchi. The second a final section of the expressway to be opened was a segment that is located between the interchange at Yokohama-eki-nishiguchi and the route's western terminus at Mitsuzawa Junction. It was opened on 7 March 1978, completing the expressway.{{cite web|title=首都高の歴史|url=https://www.shutoko.jp/fun/history/|language=ja|work=Metropolitan Expressway|accessdate=22 November 2019}}
Junction list
The entire expressway lies within Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
{{JPNinttop|exit|name|nopref=yes|length_ref={{google maps |title=Mitsuzawa Route|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.4659712,139.6238967/%E5%B2%A1%E6%B2%A2%E9%AB%98%E6%9E%B6%E6%A9%8B%E3%80%81%E3%80%92240-0062+Kanagawa,+Yokohama,+Hodogaya+Ward,+Okazawach%C5%8D/@35.4662699,139.6239237,18.67z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6018595779cca3af:0x2361916e2dd13ca9!2m2!1d139.5999025!2d35.4747117!3e0|accessdate=25 November 2019}}}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Nishi-ku
|lspan=3
|km=0.0
|exit=—
|name=Kinkō
|road={{jct|country=MEX|extra=airport}}{{hair space}}File:JP Expressway CA.svgFile:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign K6.svgFile:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign B.svgFile:Shuto Urban Expwy Sign K1.svg Yokohane Route – Haneda, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Kawasaki Route, Yokohama-kōen, Bayshore Route
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=0.6
|exit=251
|type=incomplete
|name=Yokohama-eki-nishiguchi
|road=Kanjō 1 (Old Tōkaidō) – Sengenchō
|notes=Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|km=1.4
|type=incomplete
|name=Mitsuzawa Toll Booth
|notes=Eastbound traffic only}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Kanagawa-ku
|km=1.8
|exit=253
|name=Mitsuzawa
|road=Kanagawa Prefecture Route 13 – Sengenchō, Mitsuzawa Park
|notes=
}}
{{JPNint|exit|name
|location_special=Hodogaya-ku
|km=2.3
|type=trans
|exit=—
|name=Mitsuzawa
|road={{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E83|dab1=Y}} – Totsuka, Fujisawa
{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E83|dab1=D}} – Tokyo, Setagaya
|notes=Western terminus; expressway continues north as the Daisan Keihin Road
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete,trans|col=8}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Japan}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
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External links
- {{commons-inline|Category:Route K2 (Shuto Expressway)}}
{{Shuto Expressway}}