Route 3 (Shuto Expressway)

Shuto Expwy 3 as seen from Roppongi Hills.

Route 3 (also known as the Shibuya Route) is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 3 runs southwest from Tanimachi Junction (with the Inner Circular Route) in Minato-ku and runs for 12 kilometres through Shibuya-ku, Meguro-ku, and Setagaya-ku. The Route 3 designation ends at the Yoga Rampway (Tokyo Interchange) and the expressway continues as the intercity Tomei Expressway to Nagoya.

Exit list

Municipality	Exit/interchange name	Destinations	Notes
Minato-ku	Tanimachi JCT	Route C1 Outer Loop to Kasumigaseki and Kita-ikebukuro Route C1 Inner Loop to Haneda and Ginza
Minato-ku	Takagicho		Outbound exit/inbound entrance
Shibuya-ku	Shibuya	Shibuya Station	No outbound entry ramp
Meguro-ku	Ohashi JCT	Route C2 Outer Loop to Nishi-Shinjuku and Kumanocho via Yamate Tunnel Route C2 Inner Loop to Bayshore Route	Under construction (not yet open; Inner Loop will connect in 2015).
Setagaya-ku	Ikejiri		Inbound exit/outbound entrance
Setagaya-ku	Sangenjaya		Outbound exit/inbound entrance
Setagaya-ku	Yoga (Tokyo Interchange)	Kampachi-dori (Tokyo's #8 ring road)	Road continues as Tomei Expressway

Route 3 in popular culture

Route 3 was mentioned in Haruki Murakami novel 1Q84.

Shuto Expressway

Tokyo Routes	Inner Circular Route Central Circular Route Yaesu Route Bayshore Route Ueno Route Haneda Route Meguro Route Shibuya Route Shinjuku Route Ikebukuro Route Mukojima Route Misato Route Komatsugawa Route Fukagawa Route Harumi Route Daiba Route Kawaguchi Route

Kanagawa Routes	Yokohane Route Mitsusawa Route Kariba Route Daikoku Route Kawasaki Route Bayshore Route

Saitama Routes	Saitama Shintoshin Route Omiya Route

Expressways of Japan

East Nippon Expressway Company	Akita Aomori Ban-etsu Dōtō Hachinohe Higashi-Kantō Hokkaidō Hokuriku Jōban Jōshin-etsu Kamaishi Kan-Etsu Ken-Ō Kita-Kantō Nagano Nihonkai-Tōhoku Sasson Shin-Kūkō Tateyama Tōhoku Tōhoku-Chūō Tokyo Gaikan Yamagata

Central Nippon Expressway Company	Chūbu-Ōdan Chūō Higashi-Meihan Hokuriku Ise Isewangan Ken-Ō Kisei Meishin Nagano Shin-Meishin Shin-Tōmei Tōkai-Hokuriku Tōmei

West Nippon Expressway Company	Chūgoku Hamada Hanwa Harima Higashikyūshū Hiroshima Kanmonkyo Bridge Kansai-Kūkō Kōchi Kyūshū Maizuru-Wakasa Matsue Matsuyama Meishin Miyazaki Nagasaki Nishi-Meihan Ōita Okayama Okinawa Onomichi San-in Sanyō Shin-Meishin Takamatsu Tokushima Yonago

Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company	Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Nishiseto Seto-Chūō

Urban Expressways	Fukuoka & Kitakyūshū Hanshin Hiroshima Nagoya Shuto Tokyo

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