Yaesu Route

The Yaesu Route (八重洲線, Yaesu-sen), signed as Route Y, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. It connects the Inner Circular Route at Kandabashi Junction in Chiyoda Ward to the Tokyo Expressway at Nishi-ginza Junction in Chūō Ward. The expressway has a total length of 1.9 kilometers (1.2 mi). It primarily serves Tokyo Station and its surroundings. All large truck traffic is banned on this route.

Shuto Expressway Yaesu Route
首都高速八重洲線
Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length1.9 km (1.2 mi)
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

History

The Yaesu Route was completed in two phases. The first section of the expressway to be completed was the short section of expressway that links the southern end of the Tokyo Expressway to the Inner Circular Route in 1964.[1] The main part of the expressway between Kandabashi and Nishi-Ginza was completed in 1973.[2]

List of interchanges

The entire expressway is in Tokyo.

Locationkm[3]miExitNameDestinationsNotes
Chiyoda0.00.0—Kandabashi Inner Circular Route – Kitaikebukuro, HakozakiAccess to C1 inner loop and from C1 outer loop only
0.50.3140P/41PTokiwa BridgeEntrance to Nippon Building parking lot; closed April 2016
Chūō1.0–
1.1		0.62–
0.68		42P/43PYaesuYaesu Chikagai parking lot
1.40.8744MarunouchiTokyo Metropolitan Route 406 (Babasaki-dōri) – Nijubashi, Tokyo StationEntrance to Tokyo Station parking lot; exit to Shimbashi/Haneda/Meguro; southbound exit only
1.81.1—Nishi-Ginza Tokyo Expressway south – to Inner Circular RouteEntrance to Tokyo Station parking lot; exit to Shimbashi/Haneda/Meguro; access to southbound and from northbound only
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Shiodome spur route

Route description

A short section of expressway between the Inner Circular Route and the southern end of the Tokyo Expressway is designated as a section of the Yaesu Route.

List of interchanges

The entire expressway is in Tokyo.

Locationkm[4]miExitNameDestinationsNotes
Chiyoda0.00.0–Shiodome Inner Circular Route – Haneda, MeguroAccess only from C1 inner loop and to C1 outer loop
0.10.062–Shiodome Toll GateTokyo Expressway northNorthern terminus of spur route, expressway continues north as the Tokyo Expressway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  •  Japan portal
  •  Roads portal

References
  1. "沿革" [History]. Tokyo Expressway Company (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. "道路資産保有及び貸付状況（路線別）" [Road asset ownership and loan status (by route)] (PDF). Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency (in Japanese). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. Google (30 July 2020). "Yaesu Route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. Google (30 July 2020). "Yaesu Route spur" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

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