Central Circular Route
| Central Circular Route | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited | |
| Length | 46.9 km (29.1 mi) | 
| Existed | 1982–present | 
| Restrictions | No vehicles with dangerous goods allowed in the Yamate Tunnel | 
| Major junctions | |
| Beltway around Tokyo | |
| Counterclockwise end | Bayshore Route at Ōi Junction in Yashio, Shinagawa | 
| Clockwise end | Bayshore Route at Kasai Junction in Edogawa | 
| Location | |
| Country | Japan | 
| 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.