(Third report) Status of Expressway following the earthquake with the epicenter of Fukushima prefecture Hamadori district
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- (Third report) Status of Expressway following the earthquake with the epicenter of Fukushima prefecture Hamadori district
April 11, 2011
As of 20:00
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
At NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City), due to the earthquake that occurred in the Hamadori region of Fukushima Prefecture at 17:16 on April 11, 2011, the lines and sections that had great shaking were blocked. , We conduct emergency inspections, and the roads are closed from the sections where safety is confirmed.
1. Closed section (in Tohoku Regional Head Office Office)
| Road name | section | By vertical line | Remarks |
| Tohoku Expressway | Shirakawa IC-Shiraishi IC | Up and down | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Inawashiro Bandai Kogen IC-Iwaki JCT | Up and down | |
| Joban Expressway | Iwaki Nakoso IC-Iwaki Shikura IC | Up and down | |
| Joban Expressway | Iwaki Shikura IC-Joban Tomioka IC | Up and down | Due to the evacuation area of the nuclear power plant, traffic will be closed from March 11 |
3. Major damages currently confirmed (Tohoku Regional Head Office Office)
| Road name | section | By vertical line | Damage situation | |
| 1 | Joban Expressway | Iwaki Nakoso IC-Iwaki Yumoto IC | Up and down | Out-bound slope cut slope reaches In-bound line |
We are currently confirming the existence of personal injury.
In addition, we will compile and publicize from the confirmed damage.
[Situation 1]
【Document】Status of NEXCO East Japan/Tohoku Regional Head Office Expressway [PDF: 160KB]
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