Central Circular Route

Central Circular Route
Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length46.9 km (29.1 mi)
Existed1982–present
RestrictionsNo vehicles with dangerous goods allowed in the Yamate Tunnel
Major junctions
Beltway around Tokyo
Counterclockwise end Bayshore Route at Ōi Junction in Yashio, Shinagawa
Major intersections
Clockwise end Bayshore Route at Kasai Junction in Edogawa
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Central Circular Route (中央環状線, Chūō Kanjō-sen), signed as Route C2, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the central part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a circumferential highway running through the outer wards of Tokyo. The route is the middle of four ring expressways planned for the city; the other three being the C1 Inner Circular Route, the C3 Tokyo Gaikan Expressway, and the C4 Ken-Ō Expressway.