Sendai metropolitan area high-speed ring network (Gurutto / Sendai)
Fall 2019 Implementation of night traffic closures due to maintenance and repair work

The latest regulatory information isDraTraPlease see.

• PDF version [PDF: 576KB]

NEXCO EAST Sendai East Management Office (Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture) will carry out maintenance and repair work on the E48 Sendai-Nanbu Road and E6 Sendai-Hokubu Road We will close the road at night.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers, but this work is necessary for the safe and comfortable use of the Expressway We will do our best to minimize the inconvenience to our customers, such as closing traffic at night when traffic volume is low, and we ask for your understanding and cooperation.

1 Night closed section

[1] Sendai-Nanbu Road

Between Sendai Wakabayashi JCT and Sendai Minami IC (upper and lower lines) Attachment-1 [PDF: 153KB]

[2] [3] Sendai-Hokubu Road

Between Rifu JCT and Tomiya IC (upper and lower lines) Attachment-2 [PDF: 149KB]

2 date and time

[1] 2019, every night from 21:00 to 6:00 the next day 3 nights
* Preliminary day: October 7th (Monday) to October 11th (Friday), 1st 2019

[2] October 15th (Tue) to October 24th (Thu) of the 2019 pm to 6:00 pm every night 6 nights
* Except Monday, October 21
* Preliminary days: October 25 (Fri) 2019 1 (Fri)

[3] November 5th (Tuesday) to November 12th (Tuesday), 1st 2019
* Preliminary day: November 13th (Wednesday) -November 22nd (Friday), 1st 2019
Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during each period

3 detour

[1] National Route 4, National Route 286

Attachment-1 [PDF: 153KB]

[2] [3] National Highway 4, National Highway 45, Prefectural Highway 3

Attachment-2 [PDF: 149KB]

4 Construction overview

Pavement repair work, cleaning work, planting work, accident recovery work, structure inspection, etc.

Main construction contents

5 Regarding transfer fare adjustment due to suspension of traffic

Attachment-3 [PDF: 340KB]

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.

6 Information provision

Information such as road traffic information

• DraPla", a site full of useful information on Expressway nationwide
  【address】
  PC version
  Mobile version (http://m.driveplaza.com/)
  Smartphone version (http://www.driveplaza.com/smp/)
• Expressway traffic information service "Drive Traffic (DraTra)"
  NEXCO EAST Homepage "Construction Regulation Information" (Provides information on construction regulations in each region)
  Please see "North Tohoku" for Aomori, Akita, and Iwate prefectures, and "South Tohoku" for Miyagi, Yamagata, and Fukushima prefectures.
  It provides real-time road traffic information and traffic jam forecasts.
  【address】
  PC version
  Mobile version (http://m.drivetraffic.jp/)
  Smartphone version (http://www.drivetraffic.jp/smp/)
• NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター
  24時間365日オペレーターが応対いたします。
  【電話番号】
  0570-024-024　または　03-5338-7524
• ハイウェイテレホン
  電話でリアルタイムの交通情報（5分更新）を24時間入手できます。
  【電話番号】
  仙台局　022-711-1620
  （公財）日本道路交通情報センター
  050-3369-6761（東北地方・宮城情報）
  050-3369-6761（東北地方高速情報）
• Highway radio
  Highway radio (AM1620kHz)
  The section that is broadcasting is indicated by the sign on Expressway.
  Wide-ranging road information is provided in an easy-to-understand manner on monitor screens installed in SA / PA.

* Twitter's official account "NEXCO EAST (Tohoku)" (@e_nexco_tohoku ) Also delivers information.

Toll booths that allow transit (night-time closed sections [1])

＜Sendai-Tobu Road ⇒ Tohoku Expressway / Yamagata Expressway ＞

＜Tohoku Expressway / Yamagata Expressway ⇒ Sendai-Tobu Road＞

Toll booths that allow transit (night-time closed sections [2] [3])

＜ Sanriku Expressway ⇒ Tohoku Expressway / Yamagata Expressway ＞

＜Tohoku Expressway ⇒ Sendai-Tobu Road / Sanriku Expressway ＞