(17th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Tohoku Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (17th report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Tohoku Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 18, 2011
As of 22:00
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai Aoba-ku) is, by the Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 14:00 46 minutes Expressway for damage, Tohoku Regional Head Office Tohoku in the Regional Head Office launched a Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters , We are making every possible effort to restore the affected areas.
In addition, since this document and information on the jurisdiction of the Kanto Regional Head Office are posted on our website, please see that as well.
1. Scheduled to be lifted (There is no plan to cancel within Tohoku Regional Head Office Head Office.)
On March 19th, at midnight, the sections below will be closed. At the same time, the Kita Kanto Expressway between Kiryu Ota and Sanodanuma will be opened, allowing general passengers to pass.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Utsunomiya | Emergency traffic route designation cancellation section |
| Tohoku Expressway | going up | Urawa-Kawaguchi JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Sananouma-Iwafune JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Tochigi Tsuga JCT-Tsuga |
2. Planned cancellation of emergency traffic route designation (There is no plan to cancel within Tohoku Regional Head Office Head Office.)
It has been announced by the National Police Agency that the emergency traffic route designation for the sections in the table below will be canceled at 2:00 pm on March 19th.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Utsunomiya |
As a result, the sections designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission are as shown in the table below.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Utsunomiya-Ikariseki | [Access restricted IC] Yabuki, Koriyama Minami, Hongu, Nihonmatsu, Kunimi |
| Akita | Up and down | Kitakami JCT-Kitakami West | |
| Kamaishi Road | Up and down | Hanamaki JCT-Towa | |
| Hachinohe Road | Up and down | Ashiro JCT-Nango | |
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Mito-Iwaki center Yamamoto-Watari | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Up and down | Tsugawa-Iwaki JCT | [Restricted IC] Bandai Atami, Inawashiro Bandai Kogen, Bandai Riverside, Aizu Sakashita, Nishiaizu |
| Sendai-Tobu Road | Up and down | Watari-Sendai Wakabayashi JCT | |
| Sendai-Hokubu Road | Up and down | Tomiya JCT-Rifu JCT | |
| Sendai-Nanbu Road | Up and down | Sendai Wakabayashi JCT-Sendai Minami JCT | Miyagi Prefectural Road Public Corporation Management |
| 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 |