(7th report) About the situation of the Expressway with the earthquake

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April 8, 2011
As of 7:50
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

The NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is carrying out an emergency inspection by suspending a section with a large shaking due to the earthquake that occurred around 23:32 on April 7, 2011.

[New information dissemination in this announcement]
A section where the safety was confirmed by an emergency inspection and the road closure was released

Road name section By vertical line Remarks
Tohoku Expressway Izumi IC-Furukawa IC Up and down 7:50 Closure cancellation
Sendai-Hokubu Road Rifu Shirakashidai-Tomiya JCT Up and down 7:50 Closure cancellation

The closed section is Attachment [PDF: 159KB] As of.

【Damage situation】

1 Overview of damage

We are releasing roadblocks from sections where safety has been confirmed by an emergency inspection, but we are carrying out emergency restoration from locations where cracks or steps are found on the road surface, and we are releasing roadblocks from the point where they are completed. For the latest regulatory information JARTIC homepage Please verify.

In the future, we will compile and publicize the items confirmed by inspection.

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