OK, it’s time that I got off my duff and re-launched my once-weekly practice of highlighting an interesting roadgeek feature each Sunday evening.
So, to kick-off the new series of features….
This is the Kawasaki Ukishima Junction outside Tokyo Japan, an interchange of the Bayshore Route (首都高速道路湾岸線, “Wangan-sen”, National Route 357) and the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (東京湾アクアライン, National Route 409).
The Wangan-sen is a toll expressway running over and between a series of islands on the east side of Tokyo Bay from Yokohama to Ichikawa, while the Aqua-Line provides a bridge-tunnel crossing of Tokyo Bay between Kawasaki and Kisarazu.
So, we have an interchange on an island, with two tunnel portals adjoining the interchange. Cool!
Wikipedia Japan has a short entry on the interchange (Japanese or Google-translated to English), which provides a little more information, along with links to connecting highways.
