Around Shibuya, the first section of the Shutoko Shibuya Line to open (photographed by Ridemo News Editorial Department).
December 21, 1971. The section between Shibuya and Yoga on the Metropolitan Expressway No. 3 Shibuya Line has opened and is now fully operational. This will connect the Shibuya Line with the Tomei Expressway. The Tomei Expressway's access to the city center was finally realized. [Nostalgic "Metropolitan Expressway Shibuya Line 50 years ago"] The first section of the Metropolitan Expressway No. 3 Shibuya Line opened in 1964 between Shibuya 4-chome and Shibuya. The Shibuya viaduct, which is a difficult construction, was completed first. This Shibuya Elevated Bridge was the first case in an urban area to adopt the Yajirobe construction method, in which girders are constructed so as to protrude from the bridge piers to both sides. On the other hand, west of Shibuya, construction plans were underway for the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line (the "Shin-Tamagawa Line" at the time) under the same Tamagawa-dori. The mutual influence of the pier foundation of the viaduct and the railway tunnel could not be ignored, and in some sections they were constructed as an integrated structure. Due to this background, only Komazawa-daigaku Station on the former Shin-Tamagawa Line has an island platform. By the way, the Tomei Expressway started from the Tokyo IC, but the day when the Tokyo IC and the Yoga entrance and exit crossing Kanpachi are connected can be said to be the "strictly all day" of the Tomei Expressway.
Riding news editorial department