 首都高速1号上野線 | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained byMetropolitan Expressway Company Limited | |
| Length | 4.4 km (2.7 mi) |
| Existed | 1963–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Edobashi Junction [ja] inChūō, Tokyo Inner Circular Route |
| North end | Iriya entrance/exit [ja] inTaitō, Tokyo National Route 4 |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Highway system | |
TheUeno Route (上野線,Ueno-sen), signed asRoute 1, is one of the tolled routes of theShuto Expressway system serving theGreater Tokyo Area. It is one two expressways signed as Route 1 in the system, the other expressway signed as Route 1 is theHaneda Route. The route is a 4.4-kilometer (2.7 mi) long radial highway running northeast from the ward ofChūō in centralTokyo to the ward ofTaitō. It connects Tokyo'sInner Circular Route in central Tokyo to theUeno area andUeno Station, a major rail hub, andNational Route 4, which connects theKantō region to theTōhoku region.
The Ueno Route begins at Edobashi Junction with theInner Circular Route in Chūō City as an indirect continuation north for theHaneda Route, the other expressway signed as Route 1 on the Shuto Expressway network. From this southern terminus, it travels northeast out of Chūō City, crossing in to Taitō. The expressway is paralleled byNational Route 4 (known in this area as Shōwa-dōri) along its route through Tokyo, which acts as afrontage road for the Ueno Route. Every exit and entrance point to the expressway beyond Edobashi Junction connects directly to National Route 4, which links the expressway to the rest of the local street network. The Ueno Route merges into National Route 4 atIriya Station. From there, the roadway continues north solely as National Route 4, leaving the Shuto Expressway network.[1]
Like other Shuto Expressway routes within the Central Circular Route, the speed limit is set at 60 km/h along the Ueno Route.[2]
The first section of the Ueno Route between Edobashi and Honchō was opened to traffic on 21 December 1963. The second section to be completed between Honchō and Iriya was finished on 31 May 1969.[3] Plans were made to extend the radial route north to theCentral Circular Route in 1992; however, they have been shelved due to geographic constraints and a lack of support among residents of the area that would be impacted by an extended Ueno Route.[4]
The entire expressway is inTokyo
| Location | km[5] | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Chūō | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | Edobashi |  Inner Circular Route – toHaneda Route,Ginza | Southern terminus; northbound entrance, southbound exit | |
| 0.2– 1.0 | 0.12– 0.62 | 181/182 | Honchō | National Route 4 (Shōwa-dōri) –Akihabara | |||
| Taitō | 2.7 | 1.7 | 183 | Ueno |  National Route 4 (Shōwa-dōri) –Ueno Station,Manseibashi,Ueno Park, Minowa,Asakusa | Northbound exit, southbound entrance | |
| 4.0 | 2.5 | 185 | Iriya | National Route 4 (Shōwa-dōri) –Kasukabe, Minowa | Northern terminus, roadway continues as National Route 4 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
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