 首都高速道路湾岸線 | |
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 The Bayshore Route highlighted in red (not mobile view) | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited | |
| Length | 62.1 km (38.6 mi) |
| Existed | 1976–present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Yokohama–Yokosuka Road in Yokohama, Kanagawa |
| East end |  Tokyo Gaikan Expressway Higashi-Kantō Expressway in Ichikawa, Chiba |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
The Bayshore Route (湾岸線, Wangan-sen) signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Bayshore Route is a 62.1-kilometer (38.6 mi) stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture in the east. Opened in phases beginning in 1976 and ending in 2001, it is an important route that runs between the artificial islands lining the western shore of Tokyo Bay by way of bridges and sub-sea tunnels that bypass central Tokyo.