(41st report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (41st report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 22, 2011
As of 10:00
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 Regional Head Office president, has been launched and is making every possible effort to restore the affected areas.
For information on the Tohoku Regional Head Office Office, please visit our website.
1. About traffic regulation
Traffic regulations prohibiting passage of vehicles other than large vehicles were announced by the Emergency Disaster Security Headquarters of the National Police Agency, but they were implemented as scheduled on March 22 at 10:00 am in the sections shown below.
For details of regulations, refer to the National Police Agency website ( http://www.npa.go.jp/index.html )Please refer to the. (Smart IC is not available.)
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Utsunomiya IC-Ichinoseki IC | [Access restricted IC] Yabuki, Koriyama Minami, Hongu, Nihonmatsu, Kunimi |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Up and down | Tsugawa IC-Iwaki JCT | [Access restricted IC] Bandai Atami, Inawashiro Bandai Kogen, Bandai Riverside, Aizu Sakashita, Nishiaizu |
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Yamamoto IC-Watari IC | |
| Sendai-Nanbu Road | Up and down | Sendai Wakabayashi JCT-Sendai Minami IC | Miyagi Prefectural Road Public Corporation Management |
| Sendai-Tobu Road | Up and down | Watari IC-Sendai Wakabayashi JCT | |
| 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 |
| Sendai-Hokubu Road | Up and down | Tomiya JCT-Rifu JCT |
There are no other closed sections within our Kanto Regional Head Office.
2. About closure of rest facility
Due to reasons such as damage to buildings, the rest facilities in the table below are closed even after the suspension of the Expressway main line.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
| Road name | Rest facility name | direction | IC section | Reason for closure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joban Expressway | Nakago Service Area | going down | Between Takahagi and Kitaibaraki | Used as a base for recovery and rescue activities |
| North Kanto Expressway | Kasama parking area | East and West | Between Kasama West and Tomobe | There is damage to the building, etc. |
3. About closure of smart interchange
At some rest facilities, customers are concentrated at gas stations in the area, and the smart ICs in the table below are closed for the time being to ensure traffic safety and smooth traffic. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and ask for your understanding.
| Road name | Smart IC name | direction |
|---|---|---|
| Joban Expressway | Tomobe smart IC | (In-bound line, Out-bound line) |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Miyoshi smart IC | (Out-bound line) |
Four. Road damage and restoration status
The Kanto Regional Head Office is working diligently to restore damaged areas. In addition, if there are new damaged areas due to aftershocks occurring every day, we will do our utmost to restore them.
5. Precautions when using the Expressway (request)
Since the sections opened due to emergency restoration have steps and undulations on the road surface, many prefectures have speed regulations enforced by each prefectural police and warn them with signs. Please drive carefully.
