The Bayshore Route 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.
The Bayshore Route in Yokohama
Tokyo-ko tunnel entrance in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
The eight-lane Bayshore Route at Shinonome Junction in the Kōtō ward of Tokyo.
Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited .
The Shuto Expressway as it crosses Rainbow Bridge
Near Shiodome, C1 Inner Circular Route
Shinonome Junction
Ginza, C1 Inner Circular Route