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The Shuto: Tokyo?s Elevated Expressways

Posted May 5, 201014 yr

05-04-2010 11:50 PM

Tokyo’s Metropolitan Expressway â€” Shuto K?soku D?ro (or just the Shuto) â€” is Tokyo’s answer to handling large volumes of traffic traversing the megalopolis.

The first sections were opened in time to showcase Tokyo for the 1962 Olympics. Not designed as an unlimited speed road, its main purpose was to ferry cars around at moderate*speeds, unhindered [...]

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May 5, 201014 yr

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my dream is to go to japan... i will one day

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May 6, 201014 yr

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I have been on several of the roads pictured, but only in a bus. (On the 3 hour ride from Narita to Tama. )

I am sure it would be more fun at 2:00 am in a Z, but I couldn't talk my way out of the ticket...

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May 8, 201014 yr

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Nice! Looking at those roads makes the blood boil with adrenaline laced dreams! One would never think of a road as providing more than just scenery or transportation. This one has culture. Wonder if there are any like it here in the states?