Shibuya Route

The Shibuya Route (渋谷線, Shibuya-sen), signed as Route 3, is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. It travels southwest from its eastern terminus at the Inner Circular Route in Meguro-ku to the eastern terminus of the Tōmei Expressway.

Shuto Expressway Shibuya Route 首都高速3号渋谷線
The Shibuya Route highlighted in red
Route information
Part of
Maintained by Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Length	11.7 km (7.3 mi)
Existed	1964–present
Major junctions
East end	Tanimachi Junction in Minato Inner Circular Route
	Central Circular Route
West end	Yōga entrance/exit in Setagaya Tōmei Expressway
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

Route description

The Shibuya Route as seen in Roppongi Hills.

Route 3 runs southwest from Tanimachi Junction where it meets the Inner Circular Route in Minato. It runs for 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) through the wards of Shibuya, Meguro, and Setagaya. The Shibuya Route ends at the Yōga entrance/exit where the expressway transitions to the intercity Tōmei Expressway managed by the Central Nippon Expressway Company. The Shibuya Route is included in the cross-continental Asian Highway 1.[1]

Junction list

The entire expressway is in Tokyo

Location	km[2]	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Minato	0.0	0.0	—	Tanimachi	Inner Circular Route – to Bayshore Route, Haneda Route, Shinjuku Route, Ikebukuro Route, Ueno, Shiba Park, Saitama, Kasumigaseki, Kita-ikebukuro	Eastern terminus; eastern end of AH1 concurrency
	1.7	1.1	301	Takagichō	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 412 (Roppongi-dōri) – to Aoyama-dōri, Ebisu, Shibuya Station
Shibuya	3.2– 4.2	2.0– 2.6	302/303	Shibuya	Tokyo Metropolitan Route 412 (Roppongi-dōri) – Roppongi, Minamiaoyama National Route 246 (Tamagawa-dōri) – Yamate-dōri, Meguro
Meguro	5.0	3.1	—	Ōhashi	Central Circular Route – to Bayshore Route, Tōhoku Expressway
Setagaya	5.6– 6.0	3.5– 3.7	304/305	Ikejiri/Sangenjaya	National Route 246 (Tamagawa-dōri) – Yamate-dōri, Meguro
	11.3	7.0	PA/TB	Yōga		Eastbound access to parking area and tollgate only
	11.7	7.3	—	Yōga	Kampachi-dōri – Takaido, Todoroki Tōmei Expressway – Shizuoka	Western terminus; expressway continues west as the Tōmei Expressway and AH1
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

In popular culture

The Shibuya Route is the setting of the opening chapter of Haruki Murakami's novel 1Q84.[3]

References

1. "アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所" [Location of Asian Highway signs] (in Japanese). MLIT Japan. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
2. Google (1 August 2020). "Shibuya Route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
3. Murakami, Haruki (2011). 1Q84. Translated by Rubin, Jay; Gabriel, Philip (1st ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-307-59331-3.