1997: An expressway across Tokyo Bay opens to traffic. It includes 3 miles of bridge and a 6-mile tunnel under the busy waterway. The Trans-Tokyo Bay Motorway, or Tokyo Bay Aqualine, had been 31 ...

1997: An expressway across Tokyo Bay opens to traffic. It includes 3 miles of bridge and a 6-mile tunnel under the busy waterway. The Trans-Tokyo Bay Motorway, or Tokyo Bay Aqualine, had been 31 ...

Also known as the Trans-Tokyo Bay Expressway, the roadway was built at the cost of 1.44 trillion Japanese yen (£8.9 billion) and opened in December 1997, following an incredible 23 years of ...