Loop Route

Hanshin Expressway Route 1 Loop 阪神高速1号環状線
Central Osaka with the Loop Route highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Hanshin Expressway Company, Limited
Length	10.3 km (6.4 mi)
Existed	1964–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Osaka
Major intersections	Sakai Route Ōsakakō Route Higashi-Osaka Route Ikeda Route Moriguchi Route Higashi-Osaka Route
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

The Loop Route (環状線, Kanjō-sen), signed as Route 1, is one of the expressway routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area of Japan. The route forms a complete loop that travels only in a clockwise direction around central Osaka, passing through the wards of Chūō-ku, Kita-ku, Naniwa-ku, and Nishi-ku with a total length of 10.3 kilometers (6.4 mi).^[1]