Notice of night traffic closure on Expressway in Hokkaido

-Road maintenance and repair work-

August 17, 2018
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu Ward, Sapporo City) has various facilities such as inspection, road surface repair work, bridge repair work, sign renewal work, tunnels, etc. in order to provide customers with safe, secure and comfortable use of the Expressway We will close the nighttime and partially close the interchange (IC) at night due to lighting replacement work and other maintenance work.

We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding and cooperation.

1 closed section and period

Road name section period Main construction contents Attachment
E5
Do-O Expressway
Date IC ⇔ Muroran IC
(Both directions)
From Wednesday, August 22 to 28th Tuesday
[5 nights except Saturday and Sunday]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Inspection of various equipment
Road surface repair work
Sign renewal construction
Tunnel lighting replacement work
Leaflet-1 [PDF: 235KB]
Toyoura IC ⇔ Date IC
(Both directions)
From Wednesday, August 22 to Friday, September 14
[18 nights except Saturday and Sunday]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Chomanbe IC ⇔ Toyoura C
(Both directions)
September 12th (Wednesday) -14th (Friday)
[3 nights]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
E38 E61
Doto Expressway
Otofuke Obihiro IC ⇔ Honbetsu IC / Ashoro IC
(Both directions)
From Monday, August 20 to Tuesday, September 4
[10 nights except Friday, Saturday and Sunday]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Road surface repair work
Bridge repair work
Sign renewal work, etc.
Leaflet-2 [PDF: 234KB]
E38
Doto Expressway
Oiwakecho​ IC ⇔ Yubari IC
(Both directions)
Monday, August 27th to Thursday, August 30th
[4 nights]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Inspection of various equipment
Road surface repair work
Cleaning / planting felling, etc.
Leaflet-3 [PDF: 655KB]
Chitose Eniwa JCT ⇔ Oiwakecho IC
(Both directions)
September 3 (Mon) to 6 (Thurs)
[4 nights]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
  • 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 Interchange partially closed section and period

Road name section period Main construction contents Attachment
E5
Do-O Expressway
Bibai IC
(Entrance to Sapporo)
Monday, August 20
[1 night]
From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Road surface repair work, etc. Leaflet-4 [PDF: 133KB]
Bibai IC
(Exit from Asahikawa)
August 21 (Tue) -22 (Wed)
[2 night]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Bibai IC
(Entrance to Asahikawa)
August 23 (Thursday) -28 (Tuesday)
[4 nights except Saturday and Sunday]
Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Bibai IC
(Exit from Sapporo)
From Wednesday, August 29 to Monday, September 3
[4 nights except Saturday and Sunday]
From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
E5
Do-O Expressway
Naie Sunagawa IC
(Entrance to Sapporo)
Monday, August 27-Tuesday, 28th
[2 night]
From 20:00 to 5am the next morning
Road surface repair work
Bridge repair work, etc.
Leaflet-5 [PDF: 223KB]
Naie Sunagawa IC
(Entrance to Sapporo and Asahikawa)
From Wednesday, August 29 to 30th Thursday
[2 night]
From 20:00 to 5am the next morning
Naie Sunagawa IC
(Exit from Asahikawa)
August 31 (Fri) -September 7 (Fri)
[6 nights except Saturday and Sunday]
From 20:00 to 5am the next morning
  • 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.

3 Main work contents

  • Road surface repair work
    We will repair the places where cracks and steps on the pavement surface are noticeable.
  • Bridge repair work
    We will implement measures to prevent falling concrete fragments on the bridge.
Image of road surface repair area
<Road surface repair location>
Image of tunnel lighting replacement work
<Tunnel lighting replacement work>

4 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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