The Futtsu Tateyama Road ( 富津館山道路 , Futtsutateyama Dōro ) is a 2-laned toll road in Chiba Prefecture , Japan . It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company .
4-513: The route is officially designated as a bypass for National Route 127 , however it is functionally an extension of the Tateyama Expressway . As such it is classified as a national highway for motor vehicles only with national expressway concurrency ( 高速自動車国道に並行する一般国道自動車専用道路 , Kōsoku Jidōsha Kokudō ni Heikōsuru Ippan Kokudō Jidōsha Senyō Dōro ) with the same design standard as other national expressways . The road extends southward from
8-429: A total length of 54.5 km (33.86 mi). When designated in 1953, Route 127 originally ran from Tateyama to Chiba. The section from Kisarazu to Chiba was redesignated as a portion of Route 16 on 1 April 1963, shortening Route 127 to its current route. Japanese Bōsōzoku rock group Kishidan referenced this route in their debut album, an independently released mini-album titled Bousou Yotarou Rock 'n' Roll where
12-560: The final song was called Kokudou 127 Gousen no Shiroki Inazuma (國道127號線の白き稻妻). This song was re-released on Kishidan's first full album, 1/6 Lonely Night. In 2008, while on hiatus while Kishidan members were performing in DJ Ozma , both Kishidan and DJ Ozma switched record labels from EMI Music Japan to Avex Trax . Before switching, Kishidan released a double compilation album of songs from their EMI years, titled, Kishidan Grateful EMI Years 2001-2008 Bousou Tamashii ~Song for Route 127~. Several of
16-573: The terminus of the Tateyama Expressway. It terminates at an intersection with a local road just to the north of Tateyama , a city on the Bōsō Peninsula . The first section was opened to traffic in 1999 and the entire route was completed in 2004. Route 127 (Japan) National Route 127 is a national highway of Japan connecting Tateyama, Chiba and Kisarazu, Chiba in Japan , with
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