Japan National Route 16

National Route 16
National Route 16
国道16号
Route information
Length	241.0 km (149.8 mi)
Existed	4 December 1952–present
Major junctions
	Beltway around Tokyo
CCW end	National Route 1 in Nishi-ku, Yokohama
CW end	National Route 1 in Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
	National highways of Japan; Expressways of Japan;

National Route 16 (国道16号, Kokudō Jūroku-gō) is a national highway in Japan. A beltway around Tokyo, it links the major prefectural capital cities of Yokohama (in Kanagawa Prefecture), Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture), and Chiba (in Chiba Prefecture) as well as Hachiōji (in Tokyo). It also serves Yokosuka and Sagamihara (in Kanagawa Prefecture), Kasukabe (in Saitama Prefecture), and Kisarazu (in Chiba Prefecture). The total length is 241 km.

Along with the Ken-Ō Expressway, Route 16 connects the entire length of the Technology Advanced Metropolitan Area (TAMA) Network region - an inland industrial area covering an area of 3000 km², covering 74 municipalities and home to over 10 million people of whom 4 million work in the TAMA Network firms. In 1998 goods shipped from TAMA had twice the shipment value of the Silicon Valley.

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