(33rd report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (33rd report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 18, 2011
As of 16:00
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.
For information on the Tohoku Regional Head Office Office, please visit our website.
1. Scheduled cancellation of suspension of traffic (The following table shows the situation only within the jurisdiction of our Kanto Regional Head Office)
On March 19th at midnight, the sections in the table below will be closed. At the same time, the Kita Kanto Expressway between Kiryu Ota and Sanodanuma will be opened, allowing general passengers to pass.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Utsunomiya | Emergency traffic route designation cancellation section |
| Tohoku Expressway | going up | Urawa-Kawaguchi JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Sananouma-Iwafune JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Tochigi Tsuga JCT-Tsuga |
In addition, the following table shows the closed sections after cancellation of the closed sections in the above table.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Utsunomiya-Shirakawa | Emergency traffic route designated section |
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Mito-Iwaki Nakoso | Emergency traffic route designated section |
| Higashi-Mito Road | East and West | Mito Minami ~ Hitachinaka |
2. Cancellation of emergency traffic route designation
It has been announced by the National Police Agency that the emergency traffic route designations for the sections in the table below will be canceled on March 19 at midnight.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Utsunomiya |
As a result, the sections designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission are as shown in the table below.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Utsunomiya-Ikariseki | [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 | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Up and down | Tsugawa-Iwaki JCT | [Restricted IC] Bandai Atami, Inawashiro Bandai Kogen, Bandai Riverside, 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 |
3. About closure of rest facility
As for the Kasama parking area on the northern Kanto Expressway (to the east and to the west), damage to the water supply and buildings due to this earthquake has occurred until the repair is completed even after the cancellation of the Expressway main line suspension. The rest facility will be closed. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Four. Road damage and restoration status
In the Kanto Regional Head Office we are working hard to restore damaged areas, Aftershocks occur every day, causing new damage. We are also making every possible effort to restore new damaged areas.
Five. Emergency vehicle passage
Parallel on the Kita-Kanto Expressway between Ota Kiryu IC and Sanodauma IC, which is scheduled to open on Saturday, March 19th. 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.
