Detour - Ukairo

Japanese: 迂回路 - うかいろ
Detour - Ukairo

…Generally, it means a detour for a conduit or waterway, but it often refers to a road that is built to avoid urban areas or other areas with traffic congestion. Not only in Japan, but also in other countries, main roads such as highways have long passed through the center of urban areas, but with the increase in automobile traffic, these have become traffic bottlenecks.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "detours" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般には導管や水路などの迂回路の意味であるが,市街地やその他の交通障害地域を避けて造られる道路を指す場合が多い。日本に限らず街道などの幹線道路は,古くから市街地の中心を通過していたが,自動車交通の増加に伴い,そこが交通上の隘路(あいろ)となってきた。…

※「迂回路」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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