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Interchanges, etc. under continuous closure due to typhoon No. 19

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October 18, 1st 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

Due to the disaster caused by Typhoon No. 19, smart interchanges (hereinafter referred to as "SIC") are closed and closed at the following locations. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your understanding and cooperation.
We will notify you of any changes such as cancellation of closure.

1 Unusable IC

Route name name Expected to be closed
E4 Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa Chuo SIC In-bound line
(Out-bound line is available)		 About a week
E6 Joban Expressway [Kan-Etsu Expressway]
Tokorozawa IC, Kawagoe IC		 Within the year (provisional operation)
E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Obuse SIC

Joban Expressway Mito Kita SIC and Joshinetsu Expressway Obuse SIC, it is expected that it will take a considerable period of time to restore the ETC facilities due to the flooding of the surrounding rivers.
In the future, we will carry out emergency restoration and proceed with restoration work with the goal of releasing the closure by the end of the year.

2 closed sections

Route name section
E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Usui Karuizawa IC-Saku IC

Since the embankment transformation is continuing in this section, emergency measures will be carried out. We will continue to close the road until the emergency measures work is completed.
Please refer to the press release material for the outline of the emergency measures work.

Local situation

Mitokita SIC

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As of October 13
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As of October 18

Obuse SIC

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As of October 13
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As of October 17

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