(35th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (35th report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 19, 2011
As of 19:15
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. Implementation of road closures (The table below shows the situation only within the jurisdiction of our Kanto Regional Head Office)
Due to the earthquake that occurred around 18:56, we have started to close the following sections.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Iwama-Mito | For emergency inspection |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Sakuragawa Chikusei to Mito Minami | For emergency inspection |
| East Kanto Expressway | Up and down | Ibaraki Airport North-Ibaraki Town JCT | For emergency inspection |
The following sections are still closed.
| 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 (no change from last time)
The sections below are designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission.
| 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
Kanto Regional Head Office in the tube, because of the damage point recovery, but we are the intensive work, by aftershocks that every day occurs, you have a new damaged portion is generated. We are also making every possible effort to restore new damaged areas.
