Haneda Route

Shuto Expressway Haneda Route 首都高速1号羽田線
Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length	4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Existed	1963–present
Major junctions
South end	Hamazakibashi Junction in Minato, Tokyo Inner Circular Route
North end	[ja] in Ōta, Tokyo Yokohane Route
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Haneda Route (羽田線, Haneda-sen), signed as Route 1, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. It is one two expressways signed as Route 1 in the system, the other expressway signed as Route 1 is the Ueno Route. The route is a 13.8-kilometer (8.6 mi) long radial highway running south from the ward of Minato in central Tokyo to the ward of Ōta. It connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to Haneda International Airport, one of the Tokyo area's two international airports, as well as the Yokohane Route, which leads to Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.

History[]

The Haneda Route was opened in four stages during the 1960s. The first section of the Haneda Route between Hamazakibashi and Shibaura was opened to traffic on 20 December 1962. The second section to be completed between Shibaura and Suzugamori was finished on 21 December 1963. The third section between Suzugamori and Haneda-nishi was opened on 2 August 1964. The fourth and final section between Haneda-nishi and Haneda was opened on 21 December 1966.^[1]

Junction list[]

See also[]

•  Japan portal
•  Roads portal

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Category:Route 1 (Shuto Expressway) at Wikimedia Commons