(29th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (29th report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 16, 2011
As of 13:10
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office in (Taito-ku, Tokyo), due to the Tohoku region Pacific Ocean earthquake that occurred 46 pm March 11, 2011 14 Expressway for the damage, Kanto Regional Head Office Kanto in the Regional Head Office disaster countermeasures headquarters (General Manager : Shinichi Ishikawa, the president of the Regional Head Office has been set up to confirm the damage situation and at the same time, is making every possible effort to restore the disaster area.
1. Implementation of road closures (The table below shows the situation only within the jurisdiction of our Kanto Regional Head Office)
From 13:03 on March 16th, we have closed the sections below.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Ibaraki Town West-Ibaraki Town East | Due to the earthquake that occurred around 12:52 |
| East Kanto Expressway | Up and down | Ibarakicho JCT-Ibaraki Airport North | Due to the earthquake that occurred around 12:52 |
The sections below have been closed for a while.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Shirakawa | Emergency traffic route designated section |
| Tohoku Expressway | going up | Urawa-Kawaguchi JCT | |
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Mito-Iwaki Nakoso | Emergency traffic route designated section |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Sananouma-Iwafune JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Tochigi Tsuga JCT-Tsuga | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Ibaraki Town East-Mito South | |
| Higashi-Mito Road | East and West | Mito Minami ~ Hitachinaka |
2. About emergency traffic route designation (No change from the previous announcement)
The sections below are designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Igarigaseki | [Access restricted IC] Yabuki, Koriyama Minami, Hongu, Nihonmatsu, Kunimi |
| Akita | Up and down | Kitakami JCT-Kitakami West | |
| Kamaishi Road | Up and down | Hanamaki JCT-Towa | |
| Hachinohe Road | Up and down | Ashiro JCT-Nango | |
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Mito-Iwaki center Yamamoto-Watari |
[Access restricted IC] Iwaki Yumoto |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Up and down | Tsugawa-Iwaki JCT | [No-entry IC] Iwaki Sanwa, Ono, Funabiki Miharu, Bandai Atami, Inawashiro Bandai Kogen, Bandai Kato, Aizu Sakashita, Nishiaizu |
| Sendai-Tobu Road | Up and down | Watari-Sendai Wakabayashi JCT | |
| Sendai-Hokubu Road | Up and down | Tomiya JCT-Rifu JCT | |
| Sendai-Nanbu Road | Up and down | Sendai Wakabayashi JCT-Sendai Minami JCT | Miyagi Prefectural Road Public Corporation Management |
| Sanriku Expressway | Up and down | Rifu JCT-Tome Towa IC | Includes sections managed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Miyagi Prefectural Road Corporation |
* An emergency traffic route is an emergency vehicle that carries the personnel and materials necessary for disaster emergency measures (emergency designated vehicle equipped with a red light and the ``emergency vehicle confirmation mark issued by the prefectural governor or prefectural public safety officer association''. It is a road designated by the Public Safety Commission to secure a traffic route for vehicles that display "." Please note that no ordinary vehicles can travel in the target section.
3. About closure of rest facility
Joban Expressway As for Tomobe service area (upper and lower) and Kasama parking area (northbound) in the north Kanto Expressway, water and buildings have been damaged by this earthquake, so Expressway main line The rest facility will be closed until the repair is completed even after the suspension of road closure. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Four. Road damage and restoration status
The most damaged area in the Kanto Regional Head Office is the Joban Expressway Mito IC-Naka IC (In-bound line). We are currently working hard to recover.
Five. Emergency vehicle passage
Parallel between the Kita-Kanto Expressway Ota Kiryu IC ⇒ Sano Danuma IC scheduled to open on Saturday, March 19 at 15:00 There is also a situation where National Road No. 50 is more crowded than usual due to disaster recovery, etc. When an emergency vehicle is requested, we are able to drive.
