Shinjuku Route

{{Short description|Radial route of the Shuto Expressway}}

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The {{Nihongo|Shinjuku Route|新宿線|Shinjuku-sen}}, signed as Route 4 is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 4 runs west from Miyakezaka Junction (with the Inner Circular Route) in Chiyoda-ku and runs for 8.44 miles (13.5 km) through Shinjuku-ku, Shibuya-ku, and Suginami-ku. The Route 4 designation ends at the Takaido Interchange and the expressway continues as the intercity Chūō Expressway to Nagoya via Yamanashi and Nagano Prefecture.

History

  • August 2, 1964 - Miyakezaka Junction - Hatsudai Temporary Exit section opened
  • August 15, 1973 - Eifuku Exit - Takaido Interchange section opened
  • September 27, 1973 - Hatsudai Exit - Eihuku Exit section opened
  • May 18, 1976 - Completing the entire route.

Exit list

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Municipality

!Exit/interchange name

!Destinations

!Notes

Chiyoda-ku

|Miyakezaka JCT

|Route C1 Outer Loop to Ginza and Hakozaki
Route C1 Inner Loop to Meguro and Haneda

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Shinjuku-ku

|Gaien

|National Stadium of Japan, Meiji Jingu Stadium

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Shibuya-ku

|Yoyogi

|Meiji Jingu Shrine

|Outbound exit/inbound entrance

Shinjuku-ku

|Shinjuku

|Shinjuku Station, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office

|No outbound entry ramp

Shinjuku-ku

|Nishi-shinjuku JCT

|Route C2 Outer Loop to Kumanocho JCT(Route 5).
Route C2 Inner Loop to Ohashi JCT(Route 3) and Bayshore Route.

|Outer Loop connected on Dec 22. 2007. Inner Loop connected in 2009).

Shibuya-ku

|Hatsudai

|National Route 20, also known as Kōshū Kaidō avenue

|Inbound exit/outbound entrance

Shibuya-ku

|Hatagaya

|National Route 20

|Outbound exit/inbound entrance

Suginami-ku

|Eifuku

|National Route 20

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Suginami-ku

|Takaido

|Kampachi-dori (Tokyo's #8 ring road)

|No outbound entry rampway
Road continues as 25px Chūō Expressway

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Category:1964 establishments in Japan

Category:Roads in Tokyo

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