Ueno Route

Shuto Expressway Ueno Route
首都高速1号上野線
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Route information
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Existed1963–present
Major junctions
South endEdobashi Junction [ja] in Chūō, Tokyo
C1 Inner Circular Route
North endIriya entrance/exit [ja] in Taitō, Tokyo
National Route 4
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Ueno Route (上野線, Ueno-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 Haneda Route. The route is a 4.4-kilometer (2.7 mi) long radial highway running northeast from the ward of Chūō in central Tokyo to the ward of Taitō. It connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to the Ueno area and Ueno Station, a major rail hub, and National Route 4, which connects the Kantō region to the Tōhoku region.