Notice of turning off road lighting equipment on Expressway in Sapporo

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April 20, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo) will partially switch off road lighting equipment on some sections of the E5 Do-O Expressway (Dōō Expressway) and the E5A Sasson Expressway (Sapporo-Otaru Expressway) starting April 20, 2026.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

1. Sections where road lighting equipment is partially turned off

Road name section Lights off range Date and time
Hokkaido road Sapporo Minami IC to Sapporo JCT Main line (both directions)
  • Excluding the interchange junction
From Monday, April 20th until further notice
All day, evening to the next morning
Sasson Expressway Shinkawa IC to Sapporo JCT Main line (both directions)
  • Excluding the interchange junction
From Monday, April 20th until further notice
All day, evening to the next morning

2. Details of road lighting equipment outages

The road lighting, which was installed for safety purposes during winter snowfall, will be turned off during periods other than winter.
The area where the lights will be turned off will be the area excluding the merging and diverging sections of interchanges (ICs).

  • IC confluence section...
    A place where lanes branch off or merge, connecting the main road to interchanges (ICs) or junctions (JCTs).

3. Image of the area where road lighting equipment will be turned off

Before lights out

Image before lights out

After lights out

Image after lights out

Contact Information

NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター
(24時間オペレーターが対応)
 ナビダイヤル 0570-024-024
 または 03-5308-2424

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