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November 18 is "Civil Engineering Day". If the date is written in kanji, it is derived from eleven eighteen, that is, civil engineering. Every year at this time, the "Civil Engineering Collection" (sponsored by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, co-sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction) is held at Shinjuku Station West Exit Square. This year will be held from November 21 (Thu) to 23 (Sat). There are four main themes.
(1)Linear Chuo Shinkansen and Tokaido Shinkansen
(2)Activities in the TEC-FORCE and Noto Peninsula Earthquake
(3)Underground project on the Nihonbashi section of the Metropolitan Expressway
(4)Shinjuku Station
In the area related to Chuo-ku, we are paying attention to the exhibition of the “Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway / Nihonbashi Section Underground Project”. According to the website of "Civil Engineering Collection 2024"
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This section focuses on projects that underground the Metropolitan Expressway over the Nihonbashi River in Tokyo. In order to renew the structures that have been supporting traffic in the city center for more than 60 years since its opening in 1963, we will tell you in detail the grand project of building a tunnel underground and removing the viaduct by 2040.
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In the same place, the "Tokyo Bridge and Civil Engineering Exhibition" (sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction) will be held. Let's look forward to the exhibition of bridges in Chuo-ku.