(17th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)

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March 12, 2011
As of 09:30
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office in (Taito-ku, Tokyo), due to the Tohoku region Pacific Ocean earthquake that occurred 46 pm March 11, 2011 14 Expressway for the damage, Kanto Regional Head Office Kanto in the Regional Head Office disaster countermeasures headquarters (General Manager : Shinichi Ishikawa, the president of the Regional Head Office has been set up to confirm the damage situation and at the same time, is making every possible effort to restore the disaster area.

For information on the Tohoku Regional Head Office Office, please visit our website.

1 Road closure status (The table below shows the status only within the jurisdiction of our Kanto Regional Head Office)

Road name direction section Start of road closure Suspension of traffic
Tohoku Expressway Up and down Kawaguchi JCT-Shirakawa 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Kan-Etsu Expressway Up and down Nerima-Tsukiyono 3/11 14:51 3/12 0:00
Kan-Etsu Expressway Up and down Tsukiyono-water 3/11 14:51 3/11 18:45
Kan-Etsu Expressway Up and down Tsukiyono-water 3/12 04:02 3/12 06:30
Joban Expressway Up and down Misato JCT-Iwaki Nakoso 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Joshin-Etsu Expressway Up and down Fujioka JCT-Fujioka 3/11 14:51 3/12 0:00
Joshin-Etsu Expressway Up and down Fujioka-Saku 3/11 14:51 3/12 3:30
Joshin-Etsu Expressway Up and down Saku-Shinano Town No road closures
Nagano Road Up and down Toyoshina-Kosen JCT No road closures
North Kanto Expressway East and West Takasaki JCT-Kiryu Ota 3/11 14:51 3/12 0:00
North Kanto Expressway East and West Sananouma-Iwafune JCT 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
North Kanto Expressway East and West Tochigi Tsuga JCT-Mito Minami 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Higashi-Mito Road East and West Mito Minami ~ Hitachinaka 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Ken-O Road Inside and outside Akiruno-Okegawa Kitamoto 3/11 14:51 3/12 0:00
Ken-O Road Inside and outside Tsukuba Central-Inashiki 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Ken-O Road Inside and outside Kisarazu East to Kisarazu JCT 3/11 14:51 3/12 9:30
Tokyo outer ring road Inside and outside Oizumi JCT-Misato Minami 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Keiyo Road Up and down Shinozaki-Ichikawa 3/11 14:51 3/12 0:35
Keiyo Road /Tateyama Road Up and down Ichikawa-Anakawa 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Keiyo Road /Tateyama Road Up and down Anagawa-Futtsu Takeoka/Kisarazu Minami 3/11 14:51 3/12 9:30
Futtsu-Tateyama Road Up and down Futtsu Takeoka-Tomiura 3/11 14:51 3/12 9:30
Chiba-Togane Road Up and down Chiba Higashi JCT-Togane 3/11 14:51 3/12 9:30
Chiba-Togane Road Up and down Togane-Matsuo Yokoshiba 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
East Kanto Expressway Up and down Gulf Ichikawa-Itako 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
East Kanto Expressway Up and down Ibaraki Airport North-Ibaraki Town JCT 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
New Airport Road Up and down Narita JCT-New Airport IC 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Up and down Kawasaki Ukishima JCT-Kisarazu Kaneda 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Aqua line connecting road Up and down Kisarazu Kaneda-Sodegaura 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Aqua line connecting road Up and down Sodegaura-Kisarazu JCT 3/11 14:51 3/12 9:30
Daisan-Keihin Road Up and down Tamagawa-Hodogaya 3/11 14:51 3/11 16:55
Yokohama-Shindo Road Up and down Hodogaya-end point 3/11 14:51 3/11 16:55
Yokohama Yokosuka Road Up and down Shinhodogaya-Sahara 3/11 14:51 3/11 16:55
Yokohama Yokosuka Road Up and down Sawara-Mabori coast 3/11 14:51 Ongoing
Yokohama Yokosuka Road (Kanazawa branch line) Up and down Kamariya JCT-row of trees 3/11 14:51 3/11 16:55

2 Road damage

Although the damage situation is still being confirmed, the most damaged area in the Kanto Regional Head Office is the Joban Expressway Mito IC-Naka IC (In-bound line).

Damage situation of Joban Expressway Mito IC-Naka IC (In-bound line) Image taken at around 16:30

Damage has also occurred on the Keiyo Road.

Keiyo Road Makuhari IC (In-bound Line) A crack with a width of about 10 cm, a depth of about 35 cm, and a length of about 80 m was found in the acceleration lane. Taken around 16:00. Image image of

There are customers waiting at some rest facilities, but there is no information about injured people.

[Status of customers waiting at SA]

Joban Expressway Tomobe SA (vertical), Joban Expressway Nakago SA (top), Tohoku Expressway Sano SA (top), Joshinetsu road Kanra PA (below), the outer ring road NIIKURA PA, Dongguan canal Gulf Makuhari PA (top), Keiyo Road Makuhari PA (up and down), Keiyomichi Onitaka PA (up and down) Total about 110