Central Circular Route

The Central Circular Route has a total length of {{convert|48.8|km|mi|sp=us}}.

It is a ring that lies approximately {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the center of the city and goes through the wards of Edogawa, Katsushika, Adachi, Kita, Itabashi, Toshima, Shinjuku, Nakano, Shibuya, Meguro, and Shinagawa.

File:Shutoko-YamateTunnel.JPG

The eastern half is an elevated structure and the western half is an underground one. The Yamate Tunnel is a deep tunnel constructed beneath Yamate Street, the first section over {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length, was opened to traffic on 22 December 2007. From 2010, the tunnel extended the Central Circular Route south from near Ikebukuro to Ohashi Junction connecting with Route 3. The last {{convert|9.4|km|mi|sp=us}} through Meguro and Shinagawa was opened to traffic on 7 March 2015.{{cite web|title=Completion Date of Central Circular Route|url=http://www.shutoko.co.jp/company/press/h25/data/04/16_shinagawasen/|work=Press Release | date=16 April 2013 |publisher=Metropolitan Expressway Co. Ltd.|accessdate=7 April 2014}} When this last section of the tunnel opened the Yamate Tunnel formed Japan's longest, and the world's second longest road tunnel.{{cite web|title=Planning and Construction - Urban Long Tunnels, Yamate Tunnel|url=http://www.shutoko.co.jp/english/technology/planningconstruction/|website=Shutoko|publisher=Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited|accessdate=6 March 2015}} During the tunnel's first week of operations, traffic volume on the Inner Circular Route was reduced by seven percent from the previous week, and congestion on expressways inside the Central Circular Route (an index measured by recording segments where average traffic speed is less than {{convert|40|km/h||abbr=on|1}}, and multiplying the affected distance by the affected time) was approximately halved from the previous week.{{cite web|last1=下田|first1=健太郎|title=中央環状線内側の首都高各線で渋滞・混雑量が半減|url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO84540010Y5A310C1000000/?n_cid=kobetsu|website=Nihon Keizai Shimbun|publisher=日経コンストラクション|accessdate=20 March 2015|date=19 March 2015}}

The C2 begins and ends at the Bayshore Route, which serves to close the southeastern part of the loop.

The first section of the Central Circular Route was opened to traffic on 30 March 1982. Since then, the expressway was completed in phases. Construction work on underground sections of the route began in 1992. Given the extensive tunneling and engineering challenges involved, construction costs for the route were estimated to be 2 trillion yen.{{cite news|title=Tokyo's 47-km-long expressway loop fully opens|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/07/national/tokyos-47-km-long-expressway-loop-fully-opens/#.VPtrE2IaySM|accessdate=7 March 2015|agency=Jiji|publisher=The Japan Times|date=7 March 2015}} The Central Circular Route was completed on 7 March 2015.{{cite web|title=首都高の歴史|url=https://www.shutoko.jp/fun/history/|language=ja|work=Metropolitan Expressway|accessdate=8 November 2019}}

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C2

Category:1982 establishments in Japan

Category:Ring roads in Japan

Category:Roads in Tokyo