Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (breaking news)
[Tohoku region version]
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May 8, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Miyagino-ku, Sendai City) will operate during the Golden Week period [10 days from April 28, 2020 (Friday) to May 7, 2020 (Sunday)] in the Tohoku region managed by our company. We have summarized the usage status of Expressway, so we will inform you.
Traffic volume
- The average daily traffic volume in the Tohoku region was 21,900 vehicles / day, which was about 115% compared to the same period in 2024. (It was about 75% compared to the same period in 2019)
- Traffic peaked on May 3rd (Wednesday) for Out-bound line and May 5th (Friday) for the In-bound line.
Congestion
- The number of traffic jams over 5 km was 3 times Out-bound direction (+2 times compared to the previous year) and 3 times for In-bound direction (+3 times compared to the previous year), 6 times (+5 times compared to the previous year).
- The maximum traffic jam length was 16.0km, which occurred around 7:50 on May 3 (Wednesday) near Fukushima TN on the E4 Tohoku Tohoku Expressway (Out-bound line). This traffic jam was caused by traffic congestion.
(1) Comparison period
①
Reiwa 5th year:
10 days from Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023
②
Reiwa 4th year:
April 29, 2020 (Friday) to May 8, 2020 (Sunday) 10 days
③
(Reference) 2019:
2019 Friday, April 26 -2019 Sunday, May 5 10 days
(2) Average daily traffic volume during the period
Major sections of Expressway in the Tohoku region (17 sections)
| 2020 results (①) |
2020 results (②) |
contrast ①／② |
reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 results (③) | Comparison ① / ③ | ||||
| Average daily traffic volume (all cars) |
21,900 units/day | 19,100 units/day | 114.7％ | 29,200 units / day | 75.0％ |
(3) Number of traffic jams
The number of traffic jams of 5km or longer includes the number of traffic jams of 10km or longer.
[2020 comparison]
| 2020 results (①) | 2020 results (②) | difference ①－② |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Congestion over 5km | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Congestion of 10 km or more | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
[Reference: Comparison 2019]
| 2020 results (①) | 2019 results (③) | difference ①－③ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Congestion over 5km | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 13 | ▲25 | ▲15 | ▲10 |
| Congestion of 10 km or more | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | ▲8 | ▲3 | ▲5 |
For details, please refer to Attachment-1 [PDF: 74KB]Attachment-2 [PDF: 555KB]Attachment-3 [PDF: 113KB].
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