上宿の中程(瑞穂青果市場角)で日光街道から分れ西南に進む道。新青梅街道と国道十六号との交差点を斜め右に進むと道は三つに分れる。 | This kaido proceeds to the southwest after separating from Nikko Kaido at the middle of Kami-shuku (at the corner of the Mizuho fruit and vegetable market). After proceeding diagonally right at the intersection of Shin-Ome Kaido and National Route 16, the road divides into three. |
その一番左側(現在は八高線の踏切りの少し手前の植込みの中に僅かに残っている。)が福生街道で基地拡張の影響で拝島街道(国道十六号)が西に寄ったので二つの街道は重なり合い、都営住宅へ行く踏切りで分離している。この道は当時福生停車場への道として一時馬車が通じていたり、自転車の利用者も多かったが、八高線の開通でさびれた。 | At the extreme left is Fussa Kaido (of which only a small vestige can still be seen in a thicket just before the crossing with the Hachiko Line). It overlaps with Haijima Kaido (National Route 16), which was shifted to the west due to the Yokota air base expansion, but then separates again at the railway crossing leading to the metropolitan (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) housing. Although for a while coaches travelled this road leading to the Fussa railway station (of the Ome Line) at that time, and many bicycle riders used it later, it became deserted once the Hachiko Line opened. |
またこの道本来の行き先きは、福生の永田橋を渡り代田橋で平井川を渡り、伊奈へ行く道すじである。現在は五日市‐所沢往還ともいわれ、箱根ケ崎は中継地に当るわけである。 | In addition, the original destination of this road was Ina, by going across Nagata-bashi bridge in Fussa and Daida-bashi bridge over HIrai-gawa River. It is now referred to as Itsukaichi-Tokorozawa Okan, for which Hakonegasaki is the stopover point. |