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[E49] Ban-Etsu Expressway (Between Niigata Chuo JCT and Aizuwakamatsu IC) Notice of night closure due to pavement repair work etc.

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2019 April 12
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) is designed to provide customers with safe, secure and comfortable use of Expressway. E49 We will carry out night closures between the Ban-Etsu Expressway Niigata Chuo Junction (JCT) and the Aizuwakamatsu Interchange (IC) due to pavement repair work.

We apologize for the inconvenience to our customers, but this work is necessary to use the Expressway safely and comfortably. We will do our best to minimize the inconvenience to our customers, and we ask for your understanding and cooperation.

Ban-Etsu Expressway closed at night (33 nights)
Route Ban-Etsu Expressway up and down line
section (1) Between Niigata Chuo JCT and Yasuda IC (2) Between Yasuda IC and Nishiaizu IC
Implementation period May 13th (Mon) to May 17th (Fri) [5 nights]
Reserve Day: May 20th (Mon) -May 24th (Fri)		 May 27 (Mon) -May 31 (Fri) [5 night]
Reserve days: June 3 (Monday) to June 7 (Friday)
Time From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Regulation content Night traffic
Construction content Pavement repair work, maintenance work
Remarks
  • The Niigata parking area (PA) and Gosen PA will be closed at 19:00 for both up and down lines.
  • The Aganogawa Service Area (SA) will be closed at 19:00 on both the upper and lower lines.
    Both Kamikawa PA (upper and lower lines) and Nishiaizu PA (In-bound line) will close at 20:00.
    The confluence from Nishiaizu PA (Out-bound line) to the main line (toward Niigata) will close at 20:00.
Route Ban-Etsu Expressway up and down line
section (3) Between Tsugawa IC and Nishiaizu IC (4) Between Nishi-Aizu IC and Aizu-Wakamatsu IC
Implementation period From Monday, June 3 to Friday, June 7,
From Monday, June 10 to Friday, June 14 [10 night]
Reserve day: Monday, June 17-Friday, June 21		 From Monday, June 24 to Friday, June 28,
From Monday, July 1 to Friday, July 5,
From Monday, July 8 to Wednesday, July 10 [13 night]
Reserve days: Thursday, July 11th to Friday, July 12th,
Tuesday, July 16-Thursday, July 18
Time From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
Regulation content Night traffic
Construction content Pavement repair work, tunnel equipment work and maintenance work
Remarks
  • Both Kamikawa PA (upper and lower lines) and Nishiaizu PA (In-bound line) will close at 20:00.
    The outflow section from Nishiaizu PA (Out-bound line) to the main line (toward Niigata) will close at 20:00.
  • Nishiaizu PA (Out-bound line) and Shinzuru PA (up and down line) will both close at 20:00.
    The outflow section from Nishiaizu PA (In-bound line) to the main line (toward Fukushima) will close at 20:00.
  • We may postpone or cancel the work if the weather deteriorates or there is a possibility of deterioration, so please use our website " DraTra Please check for the latest information.

Closed sections and detours

Image of closed sections and detours

Closing period

Image of the road closure period

Construction overview

Ban-Etsu Expressway We will repair damaged road surface between Niigata Chuo JCT and Aizuwakamatsu IC, and construct, inspect and clean tunnel equipment in the simple median strip.

In order to minimize the impact on customers, we will carry out traffic closures during the nighttime on weekdays when traffic is light and carry out construction work intensively and efficiently.

We ask for your understanding and cooperation so that customers can use the Expressway safely and comfortably.

Picture of paved road surface (between Yasuda IC and Mikawa IC)
Condition of paved road (between Yasuda IC and Mikawa IC)
Photo of the condition of the pavement (between Aizu Sakashita IC and Aizu Wakamatsu IC)
Condition of paved road (between Aizu Sakashita IC and Aizu Wakamatsu IC)

Information such as road traffic information

  • " DraPla", a site full of useful information on Expressway across Japan
    【address】
    PC version
    Mobile version (http://m.driveplaza.com/)
    Smartphone version (http://www.driveplaza.com/smp/)
  • Expressway traffic information service "Drive Traffic (DraTra)"
    It provides real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion prediction.
    【address】
    PC version
    Mobile version (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/)
    Smartphone version (http://www.drivetraffic.jp/smp/)
  • NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター
    24時間365日オペレーターが応対いたします。
    【電話番号】
    0570-024-024 または 03-5338-7524
  • ハイウェイテレホン
    電話でリアルタイムの交通情報（5分更新）を24時間入手できます。
    【電話番号】
    025-286-1620 （新潟局）
    024-961-1620 （郡山局） 携帯電話からは「#8162」
    ※全国どこからでも最寄りの情報センターに接続されます。
    URL：
    PC版
    モバイル版 （ http://m.driveplaza.com / ）
    スマートフォン版 （ http://www.driveplaza.com /smp/ ）
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