Loop Route

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Hanshin Expressway Route 1 Loop
阪神高速1号環状線

Route information
Maintained by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
Length10.3 km (6.4 mi)
Existed1964–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Osaka
Major intersections
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Loop Route (環状線, Kanjō-sen), signed as Route 1, is one of the expressway routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area of Japan. The route forms a complete loop that travels only in a clockwise direction around central Osaka, passing through the wards of Chūō-ku, Kita-ku, Naniwa-ku, and Nishi-ku with a total length of 10.3 kilometers (6.4 mi)*.[1]

History

The Loop Route near Amerikamura in Chūō-ku.

In 1964, the first section of the Loop Route and the Hanshin Expressway system opened.[2]

The expressway was popular among street racers in the 1980s, but the illegal activity declined after police began heavily patrolling the route and the stagnation of Japan's economy set in during the Lost Decade.[3]

List of interchanges

The entire expressway lies within Osaka in Osaka Prefecture

LocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Naniwa-ku0.00.01-01MinatomachiSennichimae-dōri – MinatomachiEntrance from Sakai Route
Nishi-ku0.90.561-02YotsubashiUnnamed streetsEntrance only
Nishi-ku / Chūō-ku1.60.991-03ShinanobashiChūō-Ōdōri
Chūō-ku1.60.99NishisenbaHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0013.svg Higashi-Osaka Route – to Kinki Expressway, Daini Hanna Road, Nara
Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0003.svgHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0004.svgHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0005.svgHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0016.svg Ōsakakō Route – to Kansai International Airport, Kobe Route, Bayshore Route, Kobe
2.51.61-04TosaboriUnnamed streetsExit only
Chūō-ku / Kita-ku3.01.9Nakanoshima Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0011.svg Ikeda Route north – to Osaka Airport, Meishin Expressway, Ikeda
Kita-ku3.32.11-05DōjimaYotsubashisujiEntrance only
3.82.41-06KitahamaOsaka Prefecture Route 102 (Sakaisuji)Exit only
4.22.6TenjinbashiHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0012.svg Moriguchi Route north – to Kinki Expressway, Moriguchi
Chūō-ku4.93.01-07KōraibashiUnnamed streetsEntrance only
5.03.11-08HonmachiUnnamed streetsExit only
5.63.5Higashisenba Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0016.svgHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0013.svg Higashi-Osaka Route – to Kansai Airport, Osaka Airport, Osakako Route, Kinki Expressway, Tempozan, Izumisano, Kobe, Nara
6.13.81-09NagahoriUnnamed streetsEntrance only
6.64.11-10DōtonboriUnnamed streetsExit only
6.94.3KōdzuHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0015.svg Sakai Route south – Sakai
Naniwa-ku7.84.81-12YūhigaokaOsaka Prefecture Route 102
8.45.2EbisuHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0014.svg Matsubara Route south – to Nishi-Meihan Expressway, Hanwa Expressway, Matsubara, Tennoji
8.85.51-13Ebisu-chōUnnamed streetsEntrance only
9.15.71-14NanbaUnnamed streetsExit only
10.36.4MinatomachiHanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0015.svg Sakai Route south – Sakai
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

In fiction

See also

References

  1. ^ "環状線詳細図" [Detail map of the Loop Route] (PDF) (in Japanese). April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Since 1950s-1970". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ Park Baker (26 November 2019). "Enchanted by the Osaka Kanjo Loop". Option Tokyo. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ "WANGAN MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE 6|Course Guide". WANGAN MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE 6 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2021.

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