[E4] Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa Chuo IC (In-bound line)
Closed at night due to entrance / exit ramp construction

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October 30, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office Koriyama Management Office

NEXCO EAST Koriyama Management Office (Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture) is preparing for future rainfall so that the E4 Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa Chuo Smart Interchange (IC) (In-bound line) entrance and exit lamps can continue to be used safely and securely. We will close at night as follows and carry out construction to reinforce the slope.
To minimize the impact on traffic, we will close it at night when traffic is low. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

1 Closure

Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa Chuo Smart IC (In-bound Line) Entrance / Exit Lamp
(Out-bound line is available)

2 Closing period

Dates: 2019, November 5 (Tuesday), 6 days (water) 20:00 - next 6:00 2 at night
Preliminary day: Thursday, November 7th, Friday, November 8th, 1st 2019

Image of closing period

* Since the regulation period may change depending on the weather etc., please check the latest information on the website such as "DraTra" when using it.

3 detour

National Route 4

4 Construction details

Although we have just restored the cut surface that has collapsed due to the effect of a typhoon, we will carry out additional reinforcement work to prevent erosion and collapse due to rainfall.

5 Special turns associated with night closure

For customers who traveled from the Koriyama area and could not flow out at the Shirakawa Central Smart IC due to the nighttime closure, please contact the tollgate staff at the Shirakawa IC before paying the fare on the general lane, and make a special turn to Shirakawa. Please return to Central Smart IC.
* Customers using ETC should also leak to the "general" lane and inform the staff accordingly.

Special turntable toll booth

Tohoku Expressway Special turnable IC
In-bound line Shirakawa IC

6 Information provision

As soon as the construction is completed, the night closure will be released earlier than planned.

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

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

Night closed position map

Image of night closing position map
Processed by Expressway Company based on the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan map (Geographical Survey Institute)

Detour

Please use National Route 4.

Image of detour
Processed by Expressway Company based on the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan map (Geographical Survey Institute)
Route Required time distance
Normal time Yabuki IC-Shirakawa Chuo SIC About 7 minutes About 10km
Detour Yabuki IC → National Route 4 → Shirakawa Chuo SIC About 13 minutes About 10km
Normal time Shirakawa Central SIC-Shirakawa IC About 5 minutes About 6km
Detour Shirakawa Central SIC → National Route 4 → Shirakawa IC About 8 minutes About 6km
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