Ikebukuro Route

Ikebukuro Route
Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length	21.5 km (13.4 mi)
Existed	1967–present
Major junctions
South end	Takebashi Junction [ja] in Chiyoda, Tokyo Inner Circular Route (Shuto Expressway)
Major intersections	National Route 254 Central Circular Route
North end	Bijogi Junction [ja] in Toda, Saitama Tokyo Gaikan Expressway Ōmiya Route
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Ikebukuro Route (池袋線, Ikebukuro-sen), signed as Route 5, is one of the tolled routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a 21.5-kilometer (13.4 mi) long radial highway running north from Chiyoda City to Toda, Saitama. It connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway where it continues north as the Ōmiya Route.