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As a first step toward undergrounding the Nihonbashi section of the Metropolitan Expressway, the entrance to Gofuku Bridge and Edobashi were abolished at midnight on May 10 (Monday).

The entrance to Gofuku Bridge and the entrance to Edobashi opened in December 1963 and became the entrance to automobile traffic in Chuo-ku for 58 years. The entrance to Gofuku Bridge is about 5,000 vehicles / day, and the entrance to Edobashi is about 6,000 vehicles / day. Many highway buses departing and arriving at Tokyo Station use both entrances and exits.

Tokyo Dumbo went to see the closing of the Edobashi entrance among both entrances.

At midnight on May 10th, the break bar descended, and people waiting came out and deployed cones and fuens, and the text information version indicated "Gofuku Bridge / Edobashi Entrance Abolition".

The abolition and removal of the Gofuku Bridge Entrance and the Edobashi Entrance is intended to prevent the flow of the Nihonbashi River by removing the piers in the existing river prior to construction in the Nihonbashi River in order to prevent the flow of the Nihonbashi River from obstructing the current flow of the Nihonbashi River. By removing flood control in advance of the Gofuku Bridge Entrance and Edobashi Entrance, which will be abolished in the future, and reducing the number of bridges on the Nihonbashi River.

The location to be specifically removed will be the pier of the upper part of the bridge attached to Edobashi and the only part of the entrance in the river.

At the same time, the entrance to the Gofuku Bridge, which was abolished, is a center lamp, and will be merged from the right lane, which is the overpass lane.

It is said that Ichiishi Bridge, which has the entrance to Gofuku Bridge, will be improved and renovated with the abolition and removal of the Gofuku Bridge Entrance.

With the disappearance of Gofuku Bridge Entrance and Edobashi Entrance, it is necessary to change the use of entrances such as Kanda Bridge, Takaramachi, Hakozaki, Hamacho.

For details, please see the following website provided by Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd., which was referred to this time.

Underground project in Nihonbashi section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway