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Special site commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Expressway

A special website created by the Metropolitan Expressway Company to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Expressway was opened on October 3.
Sixty years ago, on December 20, 1962, the section from Kyobashi in Chuo-ku to Shibaura in Minato-ku (approximately 4.5 km) is the first opening section.
 
On this site, "Original wallpaper / Web conference background gift commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Expressway!" Is being carried out, and the photo on the top page of this blog downloads the "1962 Kyobashi-Shibaura Opening Wallpaper Cover Cover" from this, and is the situation at the time of the opening of the Kyobashi entrance. 

 Special site commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Expressway

This photo shows the current entrance of Kyobashi, with various signs and precautions attached.

The special site introduces the history of the development of the transportation network of the Metropolitan Expressway and the various measures taken by the Metropolitan Expressway, as well as the record movie of the Edobashi JCT Construction "Expressway running on the river-Edobashi Interchange and near Nihonbashi-" has been uploaded.
 
The video of the Toden running over Nihonbashi before the capital height was created, the foundation work called Caesson in the Nihonbashi River, the pillars and girders of curves were made from steel plates, mounted on the caisson or over Nihonbashi, and it was an impressive documentary film.

 Special site commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Expressway

In Chuo-ku, Shintomicho exit and Ginza entrance are also the first opening section, and it is a semi-underground structure that reclaims the Tsukiji River and converts it into an expressway.

The bridge over the Tsukiji River is also left as it is, and the curve section of the expressway is impressive around the Saijo Bridge.

 

In Chuo-ku, the Metropolitan Expressway runs vertically and horizontally, and the underground construction of Nihonbashi has started, and there are various plans such as the construction of the Tokyo Expressway Co., Ltd. Line in the air corridor, so I would like to continue watching.

Please take a look at the special website below.
 

Special site commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Expressway