【E6】 Joban Expressway (between Iwaki Chuo IC and Soma)Night closure

  • Corporate Top
  • Press Room
  • Press Release Tohoku office
  • 【E6】 Joban Expressway (between Iwaki Chuo IC and Soma)Night closure

May 8, 2018
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office Office Iwaki Management Office

NEXCO EAST Iwaki Management Office (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture) has two lane sections (one lane on one side)E6Joban Expressway Iwaki Chuo Interchange (IC) - Soma IC will carry out nighttime traffic closure as follows for pavement repair work, 4 lane construction work, tunnel equipment repair, inspection and cleaning.

In order to minimize the impact on traffic, we will carry out traffic closures at night when traffic volume decreases. We apologize for the inconvenience to our customers, but this work is necessary to maintain a safe and comfortable environment on the Expressway. We will do our best to minimize the inconvenience to our customers, and we ask for your understanding and cooperation.

1 closed section

(1) Iwaki Chuo IC - Iwaki Yotsukura IC (vertical line)
(2) Iwaki Chuo IC - Hirono IC (Upper and lower line)
(3) Between Hirono IC and Joban Tomioka IC (upper and lower lines)
(4) Between Joban Tomioka IC and Minamisoma IC (upper and lower lines)
(5) Between Minamisoma IC and Soma IC (upper and lower lines)
Attachment-1 [PDF: 602KB]

2 suspension period

(1) May 28, 2018 (Monday) to June 11, 2018 (Monday) (10 nights)
(2) Tuesday, June 12, 2018 to Monday, June 18, 2018 (5 nights)
(3) June 25, 2018 (Monday) to June 28, 2018 (Thursday) (4 nights)
(4) Monday, July 2, 2018 (1 night)
(5) Tuesday, July 3, 2018 (1 night)
(Spare days: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 to Friday, July 13)
* As a general rule, construction will not be performed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
* Depending on the weather, the closing date and time and the section may change.

3 closed hours

Every night from 20:00 to 5pm

Image of closed hours
Image image of closed section

4 Detour

National Route 6 Attachment-1 [PDF: 602KB]

5 Construction content

We will conduct pavement repair works between Iwaki Chuo IC and Minami Soma camp, 4 lanes construction work, tunnel equipment repair, inspection and cleaning.

Main construction contents

Image image of pavement repair work (before construction)
Pavement repair work
(Before construction)
Image image of pavement repair work (image after construction)
Pavement repair work
(Image after construction)
Image of 4-lane construction (before temporary rockfall prevention fence installation)
4-lane construction
(Before installing temporary rockfall prevention fence)
Image of 4-lane construction (image after installation of temporary rockfall prevention fence)
4-lane construction
(Image after installing temporary rockfall prevention fence)
Image of tunnel equipment inspection (1)
Tunnel equipment inspection (1)
Image of tunnel equipment inspection (2)
Tunnel equipment inspection (2)

6 Regarding transfer fare adjustment due to suspension of traffic Attachment-2 [PDF: 237KB]

For passengers who leave the Expressway once due to a nighttime suspension and bypass the closed section and transfer again in the same direction, we will make a "transit adjustment" to adjust the toll according to the section used.

Tollgate where you can transfer

(1) 【When Hanabato Iwaki Chuo IC ~ Iwaki Yotsukura IC Crossing Traffic】

(In-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Joban Expressway Iwaki Shikura IC, Hirono IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban way Iwaki Chuo IC, Iwaki Yumoto IC, Iwaki Nakoso IC
Ban-Etsu Expressway : Iwaki Miwa IC, Ono IC

(Out-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Joban way Iwaki Chuo IC, Iwaki Yumoto IC
Ban-Etsu Expressway : Iwaki Miwa IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban way Iwaki Yotsukura IC, Hirono IC, Joban Tomioka IC

(2) 【When Joban Expressway​ ​ Iwaki Chuo IC - Hino Circuit Traffic Termination】

(In-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Joban Expressway Hirono IC, Joban Tomioka IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban way Iwaki Chuo IC, Iwaki Yumoto IC, Iwaki Nakoso IC
Ban-Etsu Expressway : Iwaki Miwa IC, Ono IC

(Out-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Joban way Iwaki Chuo IC, Iwaki Yumoto IC
Ban-Etsu Expressway : Iwaki Miwa IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban Expressway Hirono IC, Joban Tomioka IC, Namie IC

(3) [At the time of closure between Joban Expressway Hirono IC and Joban Tomioka IC]

(In-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Joban Expressway Joban Tomioka IC, Namie IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban way Hirono IC, Iwaki Yotsukura IC, Iwaki Chuo IC

(Out-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Banbetsu Hirono IC, Iwaki Yotsukura IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban Expressway Joban Tomioka IC, Namie IC, Minamisoma IC

(4) [At the time of closure between Tokiwa Tomioka IC and Minamisoma IC of Joban Expressway]

(In-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Minamisoma IC, Minamisoma Kashima SIC, Soma IC

Re-inflow IC:

Joban Tomioka IC, Hirono IC, Iwaki Yotsukura IC

(Out-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Joban Tomioka IC, Hirono IC

Re-inflow IC:

Minamisoma IC, Minamisoma Kashima SIC, Soma IC, Shinchi IC

(5) [At the time of closure between Joban Expressway Minamisoma IC-Soma IC]

(In-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Soma IC, Shinchi IC

Re-inflow IC:

Minamisoma IC, Namie IC, Joban Tomioka IC

(Out-bound line)

Outflow IC:

Minamisoma IC, Namie IC

Re-inflow IC:

Soma IC, Shinchi IC, Yamamoto Minami SIC, Yamamoto IC

7 Information provision

Although it will be light rain, it will be postponed if there is a possibility of heavy rain and strong wind.
In addition, the decision on whether to stop at night will be made at 13:00 on the day of implementation.

[Customer contact]
  • NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター(24時間オペレーターが対応します。)
    0570-024-024 または 03-5338-7524
  • ハイウェイテレホン(24時間音声案内)
    郡山局 024-961-1620
  • (公財)日本道路交通情報センター
    050-3369-6607(福島情報)
    050-3369-6761(東北地方高速情報)
GET ADOBE READER

To view the PDF file, you need the Adobe Systems plug-in software "Acrobat Reader (Japanese version)". If you do not have​​​ Download from here (free)Please use it.