Loop Route
![]() 阪神高速1号環状線 | |
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Central Osaka with the Loop Route highlighted in red | |
Route information | |
Maintained by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited | |
Length | 10.3 km (6.4 mi) |
Existed | 1964–present |
Major junctions | |
Beltway around Osaka | |
Highway system | |
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan |
The Loop Route (環状線, Kanjō-sen), signed as Route 1, is one of the expressway routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area of Japan. The route forms a complete loop that travels only in a clockwise direction around central Osaka, passing through the wards of Chūō-ku, Kita-ku, Naniwa-ku, and Nishi-ku with a total length of 10.3 kilometers (6.4 mi).[1]
History[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Loop_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Loop_-_panoramio.jpg)
The Loop Route near Amerikamura in Chūō-ku.
In 1964, the first section of the Loop Route and the Hanshin Expressway system opened.[2]
The expressway was popular among street racers in the 1980s, but the illegal activity declined after police began heavily patrolling the route and the stagnation of Japan's economy set in during the Lost Decade.[3]
List of interchanges[]
The entire expressway lies within Osaka in Osaka Prefecture
Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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Naniwa-ku | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1-01 | Minatomachi | Sennichimae-dōri – Minatomachi | Entrance from Sakai Route | |
Nishi-ku | 0.9 | 0.56 | 1-02 | Yotsubashi | Unnamed streets | Entrance only | |
Nishi-ku / Chūō-ku | 1.6 | 0.99 | 1-03 | Shinanobashi | Chūō-Ōdōri | ||
Chūō-ku | 1.6 | 0.99 | – | Nishisenba | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
2.5 | 1.6 | 1-04 | Tosabori | Unnamed streets | Exit only | ||
Chūō-ku / Kita-ku | 3.0 | 1.9 | – | Nakanoshima | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Kita-ku | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1-05 | Dōjima | Yotsubashisuji | Entrance only | |
3.8 | 2.4 | 1-06 | Kitahama | Osaka Prefecture Route 102 (Sakaisuji) | Exit only | ||
4.2 | 2.6 | – | Tenjinbashi | ![]() ![]() | |||
Chūō-ku | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1-07 | Kōraibashi | Unnamed streets | Entrance only | |
5.0 | 3.1 | 1-08 | Honmachi | Unnamed streets | Exit only | ||
5.6 | 3.5 | – | Higashisenba | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
6.1 | 3.8 | 1-09 | Nagahori | Unnamed streets | Entrance only | ||
6.6 | 4.1 | 1-10 | Dōtonbori | Unnamed streets | Exit only | ||
6.9 | 4.3 | – | Kōdzu | ![]() | |||
Naniwa-ku | 7.8 | 4.8 | 1-12 | Yūhigaoka | Osaka Prefecture Route 102 | ||
8.4 | 5.2 | – | Ebisu | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
8.8 | 5.5 | 1-13 | Ebisu-chō | Unnamed streets | Entrance only | ||
9.1 | 5.7 | 1-14 | Nanba | Unnamed streets | Exit only | ||
10.3 | 6.4 | – | Minatomachi | ![]() | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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In fiction[]
- In Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune, the Loop Route is a playable course[4]
See also[]
Japan portal
Roads portal
References[]
- ^ "環状線詳細図" [Detail map of the Loop Route] (PDF) (in Japanese). April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Since 1950s-1970". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Park Baker (26 November 2019). "Enchanted by the Osaka Kanjo Loop". Option Tokyo. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "WANGAN MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE 6|Course Guide". WANGAN MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE 6 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Category:Hanshin Expressway Route 1 Loop Route at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Roads in Osaka Prefecture
- Hanshin Expressway
- Ring roads in Japan
- 1964 establishments in Japan