Tokyo Expressway

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The Tokyo Expressway (東京高速道路, Tōkyō Kōsoku Dōro), also known as the KK Expressway, is a short (2 km) untolled expressway in central Tokyo owned and maintained by Tokyo Skyway Company (Tōkyō Kōsoku Dōro K.K.). It runs in a semicircular loop around the Ginza district of Chūō-ku. The loop is closed by part of the Shuto Expressway Inner Circular Route.

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Exit list

MunicipalityExit/interchange nameDestinationsNotes
Yaesu Route
Chūō-kuShiodome JCT Route C1 to Hanedaaccess to C1 outer loop and from C1 inner loop only
Chūō-kuShimbashiGinza-8southbound exit/northbound entrance
Tokyo Expressway
Chūō-kuDobashinorthbound entrance only
Chūō-kuNishi-ginza JCT Yaesu Route to Kita-ikebukurobaccess from northbound only
Chūō-kuNishi-ginzasouthbound entrance only
Chūō-kuShin-kyobashiKyobashi-323northbound exit only
Inner Circular Route Branch
Chūō-kuHigashi-ginzaGinza-1 (Ginza-dori)southbound exit only
Chūō-kuKyobashi JCT Route C1 to Uenoaccess to C1 inner loop and from C1 outer loop only

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