JAPAN'S ROAD HISTORY SHORT BUT VIGOROUS

Japan's road system has been developed steadily since the first five-year road program was implemented in 1954. Since that time, eight subsequent programs have been carried out, and the ninth Five-Year Road Improvement Program is under way. Up till the mid 1960s, the main aim of Japan's road program was to improve the national highways between the main cities so that automobiles could pass each other. In the late 1960s, national expressways such as the Tomei Expressway, urban expressways and bypasses around cities were built. On the rural road network, low-cost pavement designs were adopted, allowing the rapid expansion of the paved sections.

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• Publication Date: 1986-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 10
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bypasses; Expressways; Highway planning; Highways; Improvements; Intercity transportation; Networks; Roads; Rural highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway programs; Interurbans; Low cost roads; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459200
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1986 12:00AM