Interchange under closure due to typhoon No. 19
(October 23, 14:00)

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October 23, 1st 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

Due to the disaster caused by Typhoon No. 19, smart interchanges (hereinafter "SIC") are being closed at the following locations.
We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding and cooperation.
We will keep you informed of any changes such as closing.

Unusable IC

Route name name Expected to be closed
E4 Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa Chuo SIC In-bound line
(Out-bound line is available)
Thursday, October 24th, 6am
E6 Joban Expressway Mitokita SIC Within the year (provisional operation)
E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Obuse SIC

For details on the Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa Chuo SIC (In-bound line), please refer to the press release materials.

Joban Expressway Mito Kita SIC and Joshinetsu Expressway Obuse SIC, it is expected that it will take a considerable period of time to restore the ETC facilities due to the flooding of the surrounding rivers.

In the future, we will carry out an emergency restoration and proceed with the restoration work with the goal of releasing the closure within the year.

Local situation

Mitokita SIC

Image image as of October 13
As of October 13
Image image as of October 18
As of October 18

Obuse SIC

Image image as of October 13
As of October 13
Image image as of October 18
As of October 18

Latest traffic conditions

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