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NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (upper and lower lines) between Myoko Kogen IC and Joetsu JCT will be closed at night due to 4-lane construction. We apologize for the inconvenience to our customers, but we ask for your understanding and cooperation as the road will be closed to the completed four lanes.

About 80% of the extension of the Joshin-Joshin-Etsu Expressway Shinanomachi IC to Joetsu JCT, which includes the closed section, will be 4 lanes within 2018. In addition, the remaining section 2019 is expected to be a four-lane every time.

Closed section

This traffic closure will be carried out at the same time as the night traffic closure between the Hachiriku Hokuriku Expressway (Out-bound line) Meitani Tanihama IC ⇒ Joetsu IC. Detail is Our homepage please look at.

Closing period

◎ Scheduled closures after September will be announced as soon as they are decided.

Outline of road closure work

Joshin-Etsu Expressway Shinanomachi IC-Nakago IC was opened in October 1997, and the Nakago IC-Joetsu JCT was opened in October 1999 with provisional 2-lane operation. After that, in response to the business license change in April 2012, construction of 4 lanes has started, but with this suspension of traffic, the temporary 2 lanes currently used as up and down lanes (hereinafter “opened lanes”) Work will be done to switch to the In-bound lane.

Specifically, we will carry out pavement work for already opened lanes, relocation and renewal of equipment, and work to switch some of the lanes that our customers pass from already opened lanes to newly constructed lanes.

Lane switching

From Wednesday, August 29, some lanes will change between the Joetsu-Joshin-Etsu Expressway Joetsutakada IC → Joetsu JCT (Out-bound line). We apologize for any inconvenience caused to passengers traveling on the section, but we ask for your continued efforts to drive safely.

Please note that the schedule may change depending on the weather and construction progress.

Within 2018, Joshin-Etsu Expressway About 80% between Shinanomachi IC and Joetsu JCT will be 4 lanes

　E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Shinanomachi IC to Joetsu JCT, Approximately 80% of the section extension (28.7 km) is expected to be 4 lanes within 2018 is. Details of the start of 4-lane operation will be announced again while looking at the progress of the construction.

In addition, about 20% of the remaining (8.8km), the 2019 is scheduled to be completed in time.

The section is a mountain road that runs through heavy snowfall areas, and is a section that passes through Japan's leading landslide areas. We are proceeding with the construction while paying close attention to safety measures, and we ask for your continued understanding and cooperation.