Karisaka Tunnel Explained

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Karisaka Tunnel
Location:Saitama Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture
Route:Japan National Route 140
Status:In service
Start:Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
End:Yamanashi City, Yamanashi Prefecture
Startwork:October, 1988
Opened:April, 1998
Traffic:Automobiles Motorbikes
Toll:Passenger cars: 710 yen
Mid-sized cars:860 yen
Heavy vehicles: 1,170 yen
Oversized vehicles:1,980 yen
Light motor vehicles (up to 660cc): 560 yen
Motorbikes: 70yen
Construction:September, 1994
Length:6,625m
Speed:Not specified.
Speed limit: 40km/h
Mopeds: 30km/h
Width:7.5m

The Karisaka Tunnel is a Japanese toll tunnel that opened April 23, 1998 between Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture and Yamanashi City, Yamanashi Prefecture. Until this tunnel opened, there was no direct road connection between Saitama and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Timeline
1953 Plan announced
1968 Surveying began in Saitama and Yamanashi
October 1984 The route was approved
November 1988 Construction began in Yamanashi
May 1989 Groundbreaking was held in Yamanashi
November 1990 Construction began in Saitama
September 1994 Breakthrough
April 23, 1998 Opening
October 1998 Deregulation of large-vehicle traffic