title: Yaesu Route
text: # Yaesu Route
  
  The Yaesu Route (八重洲線, Yaesu-sen), signed as Route Y, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. It connects the Inner Circular Route at Kandabashi Junction in Chiyoda Ward to the Tokyo Expressway at Nishi-ginza Junction in Chūō Ward. The expressway has a total length of 1.9 kilometers (1.2 mi). It primarily serves Tokyo Station and its surroundings. All large truck traffic is banned on this route.
  
  ## History
  
  The Yaesu Route was completed in two phases. The first section of the expressway to be completed was the short section of expressway that links the southern end of the Tokyo Expressway to the Inner Circular Route in 1964. The main part of the expressway between Kandabashi and Nishi-Ginza was completed in 1973.
  
  ## List of interchanges
  
  The entire expressway is in Tokyo.
  
  | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chiyoda | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | Kandabashi | Inner Circular Route – Kitaikebukuro, Hakozaki | Access to C1 inner loop and from C1 outer loop only |
  | Chiyoda | 0.5 | 0.31 | 40P/41P | Tokiwa Bridge | | Entrance to Nippon Building parking lot; closed April 2016 |
  | Chūō | 1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | 42P/43P | Yaesu | Yaesu Chikagai parking lot | |
  | Chūō | 1.4 | 0.87 | 44 | Marunouchi | Tokyo Metropolitan Route 406 (Babasaki-dōri) – Nijubashi, Tokyo Station | Entrance to Tokyo Station parking lot; exit to Shimbashi/Haneda/Meguro; southbound exit only |
  | Chūō | 1.8 | 1.1 | — | Nishi-Ginza | Tokyo Expressway south – to Inner Circular Route | Entrance to Tokyo Station parking lot; exit to Shimbashi/Haneda/Meguro; access to southbound and from northbound only |
  | 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access |||||||
  
  ## Shiodome spur route
  
  ### Route description
  
  A short section of expressway between the Inner Circular Route and the southern end of the Tokyo Expressway is designated as a section of the Yaesu Route.
  
  ### List of interchanges
  
  The entire expressway is in Tokyo.
  
  | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chiyoda | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | Shiodome | Inner Circular Route – Haneda, Meguro | Access only from C1 inner loop and to C1 outer loop |
  | Chiyoda | 0.1 | 0.062 | – | Shiodome Toll Gate | Tokyo Expressway north | Northern terminus of spur route, expressway continues north as the Tokyo Expressway |
  | 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access |||||||
  