Partial drop of scaffold members on Keiyo Road to strong wind of typhoon No. 18

September 16, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office in (Taito-ku, Tokyo), Keiyo Road Matagamichi bridge that crosses the: scaffolding member that was installed for the repair work of the "bridge name Makuhari table Bridge" is, by strong winds due to Typhoon No. 18 approaches, Keiyo Road There was an accident in which a part of the vehicle was dropped on the top and a running car was damaged.

As a result, customers will not be injured.

For this restoration, we closed the Miyanogi JCT-Makuhari IC on the Keiyo Road In-bound line and the Makuhari IC-Takeishi IC on the Out-bound line from 12:36 to 16:35. We apologize for the inconvenience.

1 Date and time of the accident

September 16th, 2013 around 12:10

2 Occurrence location

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Makuhari Town, Hanamigawa Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Keiyo Road up and down line around 16.6KP (between Takeishi IC and Makuhari IC)

3 Falling scaffolding material

  • Scaffolding board Part of scaffolding board measuring about 4m in length x about 34m in width
  • Multiple single pipes

4 Fall situation

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Keiyo Road Matagamichi bridge that crosses the: scaffolding member that was installed for the repair work of the "bridge name Makuhari table Bridge" is, by strong winds due to Typhoon No. 18 approaches, Keiyo Road that dropped some on.

5 Response status

We removed the dropped scaffolding members, conducted an emergency inspection, and were able to confirm safety, so we canceled the road closure at 16:35.

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