The route is a complete loop around the central Tokyo wards of Chiyoda, Chūō, and Minato, with a total length of 14.8 kilometers (9.2 mi).

In 2009, Tokyo private industries proposed funding a project to dismantle the elevated expressway and put them underground.

[1] In May 2020, the Shuto Expressway Company received approval for plans to relocate 1.8 kilometers of the expressway underground between Kandabashi and Edobashi Junctions, in the area surrounding Nihonbashi Bridge as part of larger project to redevelop the financial district.

[2] Construction commenced with the permanent closure of the Edobashi and Gofukubashi entrance and exit ramps on 10 May 2021.

[5] List of interchanges ordered clockwise beginning with Edobashi Junction.