Notice of night traffic closure on Expressway in Hokkaido

-Road maintenance and repair work-

June 25, 2018
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido office

NEXCO East Japan Hokkaido branch office (Sapporo City Atsubetsu Ward) provides various facilities inspection, cleaning, road surface repair work, sign upgrade work, tunnel lighting replacement work We will carry out nighttime traffic closure with accompanying etc.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

1 closed section and period

Road name section period Main construction contents Attachment
E5
Do-O Expressway
Toyoura IC ⇔ Date IC
(Both directions)
July 9 (Mon) - 31 (Tue)
【16 nights except Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays】
20:00 - 6:00
Inspection of various equipment
Road surface cleaning, etc.
Repair work on the road etc.
Sign construction
Tunnel lighting replacement work
Flyer-1 [PDF: 322KB]
Chomanbe IC ⇔ Toyoura IC
(Both directions)
July 9 (Mon) - 24 (Tue)
【11 nights except Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays】
20:00 - 6:00
Inspection of various equipment
Road surface cleaning, etc.
Repair work on the road etc.
Sign construction
Tunnel lighting replacement work
Kun-nui IC ⇔ Oshamanbe IC
(Both directions)
July 9 (Mon) - 13 (Fri)
[5 night]
20:00 - 6:00
Inspection of various equipment
Road surface cleaning, etc.
Repair work on the road etc.
Sign construction
Tunnel lighting replacement work
E38
Doto Expressway
Yubari IC ⇔ Shimukappu IC
(Both directions)
July 23 (Mon) - 26 (Thu)
[4 nights]
20:00 - 6:00
Tunnel equipment inspection
Repair work on the road etc.
Leaflet-2 [PDF: 277KB]
* In case of bad weather, it will be postponed at the same time from the next day.
* Please see the attached leaflet for detours and spare days for postponement.

2 Main work contents

  • Label update work · Tunnel lighting equipment replacement work
    The sign will be updated to ensure the visibility of the sign and to add the route name of the Expressway.
    We will replace the lights to maintain the illuminance of the lighting inside the tunnel.
Image diagram after markup update
Image image of image figure after sign update
Lighting situation in the tunnel
Image of the lighting situation in the tunnel

3 Information during the construction period

Construction regulation information is provided through the following media.

(1) the Internet
(2) SNS
  • Official Twitter account " NEXCO EAST (Hokkaido) (@E_nexco_kita) provides the latest traffic information.
(3) Flyers, posters, highway information terminals

They are distributed and posted at each service area, parking area, tollgate office, expressway at NEXCO EAST Hokkaido branch, etc. on highway.

(4)phone
  • "NEXCO EAST Customer Center"

    24時間365日、高速道路に関する様々なお問合せにお答えします。
    電話番号
    0570-024-024(または03-5338-7524

  • "Highway Telephone" : Real-time traffic information (5 minutes update) is provided 24 hours a day.

    電話番号
    0166-54-1620(旭川)
    011-896-1620(札幌)
    0143-59-1620(室蘭)
    0155-42-1620(帯広)
    (注)おかけ間違いのないようにご注意ください。

    " # 8162 When you call "" on your mobile phone, we will automatically provide you with the latest Expressway status in the nearest area from anywhere in the country.

  • "Japan Road Traffic Information Center" : Provides the latest traffic information.

    電話番号
    050-3369-6760

(Five) Road traffic information available while driving
  • Road information board
  • Highway radio (1620kHz)
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