During the September consecutive holidays (Silver Week: SW)
Expressway usage [Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage status during the September consecutive holidays (Silver Week: SW) [Tohoku region version]
September 24, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is the Tohoku region managed by the Company during the large holiday period in September [5 days from Saturday, September 19, 2015 to Wednesday, September 23, 2015]. We will inform you about the usage status of the Expressway.
During this period, the number of vehicles used was 90% compared to 2015 Golden Week (H27GW), but the amount of traffic congestion (*) decreased by 70%.
It is probable that due to the opening of the Joban Expressway on March 1, 2015, the conversion of traffic from the Tohoku Expressway was planned.
1 Number of units used
[Average traffic volume on 7 cross sections of the main line] ・・・ Same as the past comparison section
- All cars: About 91% of H27GW (about 34 thousand units/day) Attachment-1 [PDF: 116KB]
- Peak: Out-bound line is Saturday, September 19, In-bound line is Tuesday, September 22 Attachment-2 [PDF: 88KB]
[Average traffic volume on the 8 cross sections of the main line] ・・・ Added between Joban Expressway Yamamoto IC and Watari IC
- All cars: About 91% of H27GW (about 32,000 units/day)
[Number of interchanges used (number of vehicles passing through exit toll gates, etc.)]
- All cars: About 96% of H27GW (about 433,000 units/day)
- Vehicle type
: Approximately 94% of small vehicles H27GW (approximately 393,000 units/day)
: Approximately 126% of large vehicles H27GW (approximately 40,000 units/day) Attachment-3 [PDF: 73KB] - By prefecture (compared to H27GW) Aomori: about 86% (about 31,000 units/day), Iwate: about 92% (about 62,000 units/day), Akita: about 89% (about 37,000 units/day) , Miyagi: about 101% (about 128,000 units/day), Yamagata: about 93% (about 65,000 units/day), Fukushima: about 100% (about 109,000 units/day) Attachment-4 [PDF: 103KB]
2 Joban Expressway traffic conditions
The traffic volume during the September consecutive holidays between Joban Tomioka IC and Namie IC was 14,400 vehicles/day, and traffic conversion from the Tohoku Expressway continues following the H27GW.
3 congestion
- Congestion of 10 km or more on the main line occurred 3 times in the Out-bound direction (3 times compared to H27GW) and 0 times in the In-bound direction (4 times compared to H27GW) (7 times compared to H27GW).
- The maximum length of congestion on the main line is 17.7 km (+1.7 km compared to H27GW), and the Furukawa Interchange (IC) to Tomiya on the Tohoku Expressway on Sunday, September 20 (9:23-14:05 peak time 11:26) It occurred between junctions (JCT) (Out-bound line). This traffic jam was caused by an accident near Furukawa IC.
- The amount of traffic congestion was 71 km·h (about 30% compared to H27GW), a decrease of about 70%.
*Congestion extension (km) × congestion time (h)/2 Reference Material-1 [PDF: 103KB] reference
Comparison period
*Comparison with September 2014 (same period) Reference Material-2 [PDF:124KB] reference
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