Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays (breaking news)
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January 9 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) would like to inform you that it has compiled traffic conditions for the New Year holiday period (Thursday, December 28, 2023 to Thursday, January 4, 2024: 8 days).
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- The average daily traffic volume in the representative section was 103% compared to last year.
- Traffic volume during the period peaked on December 30th (Saturday) on both In-bound and Out-bound lines.
- There were no traffic jams of 5km or more.
- This traffic volume includes road closures caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.
1. Average daily traffic volume in representative sections *1 (vehicles/day)
| Road name | Section *2 | 2020 A. |
2022 B. |
Compared to FY2022 A/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E7 Nitto Expressway | Niigata Kameda IC - Niigata Higashi SIC | 8,500 | 8,200 | 104% |
| Nakajo IC - Tainai SIC | 6,200 | 5,800 | 107％ | |
| E8Hokuriku Expressway | Itoigawa IC - Nou IC | 10,600 | 10,700 | 99% |
| Kashiwazaki IC - Nishiyama IC | 12,900 | 13,700 | 94％ | |
| Makigata East IC-Niigata West IC | 28,200 | 27,400 | 103％ | |
| E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | Mizukami IC to Yuzawa IC | 20,200 | 19,000 | 106% |
| Ojiya IC - Nagaoka Minamikoshi SIC | 13,900 | 13,000 | 107％ | |
| E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Shinano-machi IC - Myoko Kougen IC | 11,200 | 10,900 | 103% |
| Nakago IC-Joetsutakada IC | 9,500 | 9,200 | 103％ | |
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway | Mikawa IC-Yasuda IC | 5,300 | 5,200 | 102% |
| Niitsu Nishi SIC - Niigata Chuo JCT | 5,300 | 5,500 | 96％ | |
| Simple average daily traffic volume for the above 11 sections | 12,000 | 11,700 | 103％ | |
- Traffic volume is approximate by traffic counter (all models)
- IC: interchange, SIC: smart interchange, JCT: junction
≪Reference: Comparison period≫ Day of the week arrangement during the year-end and New Year holidays of 2020 and 2020
| Reiwa 5th year | 12/28 (wood) |
12/29 (Money) |
12/30 (soil) |
12/31 (Day) |
1/1 (Month) |
1/2 (fire) |
1/3 (water) |
1/4 (wood) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reiwa 4th year | 12/28 (water) |
12/29 (wood) |
12/30 (Money) |
12/31 (soil) |
1/1 (Day) |
1/2 (Moon) |
1/3 (fire) |
1/4 (water) |
2. Road closure point
Road closure status during the year-end and New Year holidays in 2021
| Road name / direction | Closed place | period | Road closure factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| E7 Nitto Expressway (upper and lower) | Niigata Central JCT-Arakawa womb IC | January 1st (Monday) 16:10 to January 2nd (Tuesday) 3:00 | earthquake |
| E8 Hokuriku Expressway (upper and lower) | Nishiyama IC ~ Niigata Chuo JCT | ||
| E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway (upper and lower) | Koide IC ~ Nagaoka JCT | ||
| E18 Joshinetsu Expressway (upper and lower) | Shinanomachi IC ~ Joetsu Takada IC | ||
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway (up and down) | Tsugawa IC-Niigata Central IC | ||
| E8Hokuriku Expressway (below) | Asahi IC ~ Kashiwazaki IC | January 1st (Monday) 16:10 to January 2nd (Tuesday) 6:30am | |
| E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Kashiwazaki IC ~ Nou IC | ||
| E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Itoigawa IC ~ Asahi IC | ||
| E18 Joshinetsu Expressway (upper and lower) | Joetsutakada IC-Joetsu JCT | ||
| E8 Hokuriku Expressway (upper and lower) | Kashiwazaki IC - Nishiyama IC | January 1st (Monday) 16:10 to January 2nd (Tuesday) 14:00 | |
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway (upper) | Niigata Chuo IC ~ Niitsu IC | January 2nd (Tuesday) 11:00-16:00 | |
| E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway (bottom) | Niitsu IC-Niigata Central JCT | ||
| E8 Hokuriku Expressway (above) | Nou IC ~ Itoigawa IC | January 1st (Monday) 16:10 to January 2nd (Tuesday) 17:00 | |
| E7 Nitto Road (1) | Arakawa Tainai IC ~ Nakajo IC | Wednesday, January 3rd 11:12-15:05 | accident |
| E7 Nitto Expressway (below) | Nakajo IC-Arakawa Wombai IC | January 3rd (Wednesday) 14:00-15:05 |
3. Daily traffic conditions for representative sections (average for 11 sections)
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