Mukojima Route

Mukojima Route
Route information
Length	10.5 km (6.5 mi)
Existed	1971–present
Major junctions
South end	Edobashi Junction in Chūō City Inner Circular Route
Major intersections	Fukagawa Route Komatsugawa Route
North end	Horikiri Junction in Katsushika Central Circular Route
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Mukojima Route (向島線, Mukojima-sen), signed as Route 6, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. It is one two expressways signed as Route 6 in the system, the other expressway signed as Route 6 is the Misato Route. The route is a 10.5-kilometer (6.5 mi) long radial highway running northeast from Chūō City to Katsushika. It connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to the Central Circular Route and the Misato Route, which eventually leads to the Jōban Expressway that connects the Kantō region to the Tōhoku region.

Route description

Hakozaki Junction is where routes 6 and 9 meet. It is also the location of the Tokyo City Air Terminal.

Route 6 begins at Edobashi Junction with the Inner Circular Route in Chūō City above Nihonbashi, Japan's kilometre zero. From there it travels northeast through Sumida before crossing over the Arakawa River into Katsushika where Route 6 ends at Horikiri Junction with the northeastern section of the Central Circular Route.

The speed limit on the Mukojima Route is set at 60 km/h.

History

The first section of the Mukojima Route between the expressway's southern terminus at Edobashi Junction and Mukojima, was opened to traffic on 21 March 1971. Hakozaki Junction, where the expressway meets the Fukagawa Route, was opened on 5 February 1980. The final section of the expressway between Mukojima and its northern terminus at Horikiri Junction was opened on 30 March 1982.

Junction list

Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Chūō	0.0	0.0	—	Edobashi	Inner Circular Route Ueno Route – Ginza, Yokohama, Chūō Expressway, Rainbow Bridge	Southern terminus
	0.8	0.50	601, 602	Hakozaki	Fukagawa Route – City Terminal, Narita, Bayshore Route, Higashi-Kantō Expressway, parking area
	0.8– 0.9	0.50– 0.56	602, 604	Hamachō	Shin-Ōhashi-dōri
	0.9	0.56	603	Kiyosubashi	Kiyosubashi-dōri
	2.1	1.3	—	Ryōgoku	Komatsugawa Route east – Keio Expressway	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
Sumida	4.0	2.5	605	Komagata		Northbound exit, southbound entrance; parking area for southbound traffic
	6.2– 6.3	3.9– 3.9	606, 607	Mukojima	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 461 (Bokutei-dōri) – Mukojima, Kototoi Bridge, Tokyo Skytree
	7.5– 8.5	4.7– 5.3	609, 610	Tsutsumidōri	Keyaki-dōri – Bokutei-dōri, Senju
Katsushika	9.5	5.9	—	Horikiri	Central Circular Route – Misato Route, Tōhoku Expressway, Jōban Expressway, Bayshore Route	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

External links

• Media related to Category:Route 6 (Shuto Expressway) at Wikimedia Commons