Ken-Ō Expressway

The Ken-O Expressway (圏央道, Ken-Ō Dō), or Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway (首都圏中央連絡自動車道, Shuto-ken Chūō Renraku Jidōsha-dō), is a partially completed ticket system toll expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by the Central Nippon Expressway Company and East Nippon Expressway Company. In conjunction with the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line and the Bayshore Route of the Shuto Expressway, the expressway will form a full outer ring road of Tokyo. It is signed as National Route 468 as well as C4 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."

Ken-Ō Expressway

圏央道
Route information
Length300 km (190 mi)
Existed1996–present
HistoryOpened in stages since 1996
Component
highways		 National Route 1 / National Route 126 / National Route 468
Major junctions
Loop around Tokyo
West end Shin-Shōnan Bypass
at Chigasaki Junction
East end Tateyama Expressway
at Kisarazu Junction
Location
CountryJapan
Major citiesChigasaki, Kanagawa
Atsugi, Kanagawa
Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Hachioji, Tokyo
Ome, Tokyo
Kawagoe, Saitama
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Narita, Chiba
Ichihara, Chiba
Kisarazu, Chiba
Highway system
  • National highways of Japan
← National Route 467→ National Route 469

The section owned by the Central Nippon Expressway Company runs from the east end of the Shin-Shōnan Bypass west along the bypass and north to Akiruno Interchange. The rest of the route is owned by the East Nippon Expressway Company.

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