Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year period
(Niigata Prefecture) (breaking news)

December 28, 2016 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2017 (Wednesday) 8 days
(Fiscal year 2015 comparison period: December 28, 2015 (Monday) to January 4, 2016 (Monday) 8 days)

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January 5, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata 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 year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the main sections, About 3% increase Did.
  • The traffic peak for the Out-bound line was December 30 (Friday), and the peak for the In-bound line was January 3 (Tue).
  • The number of times of traffic over 5km 0 times It was (twice last year).
  • The largest traffic congestion during the period is due to the accident that occurred on December 31 (Sat) at Hokuriku Road (In-bound line) Sanjo Tsubame IC-Makigata East IC, and the maximum traffic length is "1.9 km". was.

Major sections during one period *1 Average daily traffic *2 (Unit/day)

Road name section FY2016
A
FY2015
B
Year-on-year
A / B
Hokuriku ExpresswayMakigata East IC-Niigata West IC34,50033,600103%
Joetsu IC-Kakizaki IC15,00014,200106%
Familiar IC-Itoigawa IC14,80013,900106%
Kan-Etsu ExpresswayOjiya IC-Nagaoka IC17,40017,000102%
Mizukami IC to Yuzawa IC24,80025,30098%
Ban-Etsu ExpresswayYasuda IC-Nitsu IC6,7006,600102%
Tsugawa IC-Mikawa IC6,9006,800101%
Joshin-Etsu ExpresswayJoetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT10,90010,300106%
Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC13,50013,000104%
Tohoku ExpresswayNakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC7,7007,200107%
Daily traffic volume based on simple average of the above 10 sections15,20014,800103%

"IC: Interchange", "JCT: Junction"

  1. : Interchange section near prefectural borders and major cities
  2. : The traffic volume is due to the traffic volume measuring device, and there are some mechanical errors.

[Reference] Day arrangement for the year-end and New Year holidays of 2016 and 2015

Image of day arrangement for the year-end and New Year holidays of 2016 and 2015

2 congestion

 2016 Traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period (maximum traffic length of 5 km or more): None

3 Reference materials (attached sheet)

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