Expressway in Niigata prefecture during the year-end and New Year period
Traffic status (breaking news)
December 24, 2014 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2015 (Sunday) 12 days
(FY2013 comparison period: December 24, 2013 (Tuesday) to January 4, 2014 (Saturday), 12 days)
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- Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)
January 5, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) has summarized the traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.
Traffic overview
- The daily average traffic volume of the main sections decreased by about 7% from the previous year.
- The number of traffic jams over 5 km was 0, which was the same as the previous year.
- The largest traffic jam that occurred during the period was "3.7km" due to the traffic accident that occurred on January 4 (Sun) at Hokuriku Road (Out-bound line) Sanjo Tsubame IC-Nakanoshima Mitsuke IC.
Major sections during one period *1 Average daily traffic *2 (Unit/day)
| Road name | section | 2014 A |
2013 B |
Year-on-year A / B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Expressway | Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 34,000 | 37,500 | 91％ |
| Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC | 13,900 | 15,400 | 90％ | |
| Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC | 12,500 | 13,400 | 93％ | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Ojiya IC-Nagaoka IC | 16,200 | 17,400 | 93％ |
| Minakami IC ~ Yuzawa IC | 21,400 | 21,800 | 98％ | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Niitsu Nishi Smart IC-Niigata Central JCT | 6,900 | 7,600 | 91％ |
| Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC | 6,400 | 6,900 | 93％ | |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | 9,300 | 10,200 | 91％ |
| Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 12,000 | 12,700 | 94％ | |
| Tohoku Expressway | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | 7,400 | 8,200 | 90％ |
| Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections | 14,000 | 15,100 | 93％ | |
"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"
- 1: Interchange section near the prefectural border and major cities
- 2: The traffic volume is due to the traffic volume measuring device, and there is some mechanical error.
[Reference] Day arrangement for the year-end and New Year period of 2014 and 2013
2 congestion
Traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period of 2014 (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): None
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Traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period of 2013 (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): None
3 Reference materials (attached sheet)
Reference material: Traffic volume (map version) of main sections [PDF: 138KB]
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