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[7] [8] Construction of the expressway route was initiated in 1962 in Shibuya 4 chome near Aoyama Gakuin University. [9] The first section of the expressway to be opened to traffic was a section between Roppongi-dōri at Shibuya Interchange and Shibuya 4 chome in October 1964 in time for the beginning of the 1964 Olympics.
[5] [6] [7] Inner Tokyo sections of the expressway prohibit motorcycle pillion passengers due to poor road geometry. [8] The C2 route allows motorcycles with pillion passengers to travel through. [9] The ban does not apply to motorcycles equipped with a sidecar. The segments with a pillion ban include the important C1 Inner Circular route and ...
The route is a 19.7-kilometer (12.2 mi) long radial highway running southwest from the southern terminus of the Haneda Route in Ōta near Haneda International Airport in Tokyo to the Kariba Route in Naka-ku, Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Plans for an expressway on the route were first drawn up around 1970, initially in the form of an elevated expressway over the Meguro River between Shibuya and Oimachi. The elevated expressway plan was shelved shortly after, following concerns about environmental issues and local resident protests, but re-emerged in the 1990s in the form of a tunnel plan.
The Central Circular Route has a total length of 48.8 kilometers (30.3 mi). It is a ring that lies approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) from the center of the city and goes through the wards of Edogawa, Katsushika, Adachi, Kita, Itabashi, Toshima, Shinjuku, Nakano, Shibuya, Meguro, and Shinagawa.
The Bayshore Route (湾岸線, Wangan-sen) signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area.The Bayshore Route is a 62.1-kilometer (38.6 mi) stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture in the east.
Rainbow Bridge Near Shibaura Rest Area Shibaura JCT Safety barrier against golf balls. The Daiba Route (台場線, Daiba-sen), signed as Route 11, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area.
The Ikebukuro Route (池袋線, Ikebukuro-sen), signed as Route 5, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area.The route is a 21.5-kilometer (13.4 mi) long radial highway running north from Chiyoda City to Toda, Saitama.