(26th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (26th report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 15, 2011
As of 18:30
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.
Important notice for vehicles passing through emergency traffic routes
- In northern Tochigi and the Tohoku region, it is expected that it will be cold from midnight today and it will be cold like midwinter and snowfall.
- If you are driving on an emergency traffic route, please use winter equipment such as studless tires for safety.
1 Emergency traffic route designation...(No change from last time)
The following roads have been designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission in order to secure traffic routes for emergency vehicles (*) that carry personnel and materials necessary for disaster emergency measures. As a result, ordinary vehicles cannot be used in the target section.
Even for an emergency vehicle equipped with an ETC on-board unit, use a general lane when passing through the toll gate.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | Up and down | Urawa-Igarigaseki | [Access restricted IC] Yabuki, Koriyama Minami, Hongu, Nihonmatsu, Kunimi |
| Akita | Up and down | Kitakami JCT-Kitakami West | |
| Kamaishi Road | Up and down | Hanamaki JCT-Towa | |
| Hachinohe Road | Up and down | Ashiro JCT-Nango | |
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Misato JCT-Iwaki Chuo Yamamoto-Watari |
[Access restricted IC] Iwaki Yumoto |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Up and down | Tsugawa-Iwaki JCT | [No-entry IC] Iwaki Sanwa, Ono, Funabiki Miharu, Bandai Atami, Inawashiro Bandai Kogen, Bandai Kato, Aizu Sakashita, Nishiaizu |
| Sendai-Tobu Road | Up and down | Watari-Sendai Wakabayashi JCT | |
| Sendai-Hokubu Road | Up and down | Tomiya JCT-Rifu JCT | |
| Sendai-Nanbu Road | Up and down | Sendai Wakabayashi JCT-Sendai Minami JCT | Miyagi Prefectural Road Public Corporation Management |
| Sanriku Expressway | Up and down | Rifu JCT-Tome Towa IC | Includes sections managed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Miyagi Prefectural Road Corporation |
*Emergency vehicle: A designated vehicle equipped with a red light or a vehicle carrying an "emergency vehicle confirmation certificate".
2 Closed roads (The table below shows the status only within the jurisdiction of our Kanto Regional Head Office)... (No change from the previous time)
March 14 to 12 hours, 00 minutes Ken-O Road (inside and outside) Tsukuba Ushiku IC ~ Inashiki IC became a way unlocking.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku Expressway | going up | Urawa-Kawaguchi JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Sananouma-Iwafune JCT | |
| North Kanto Expressway | East and West | Tochigi Tsuga JCT-Mito Minami | |
| Higashi-Mito Road | East and West | Mito Minami ~ Hitachinaka | |
| East Kanto Expressway | Up and down | Ibaraki Airport North-Ibaraki Town JCT | |
| Ken-O Road | Inside and outside | Tsukuba Central-Tsukuba Ushiku | |
| Tokyo outer ring road | Inside and outside | Outer Ring Misato West-Misato South |
Four. Road damage and restoration status
The most damaged area in the Kanto Regional Head Office is the Joban Expressway Mito IC-Naka IC (In-bound line). We are currently working hard to recover.
Five. Emergency vehicle passage
Between the Kita-Kanto Expressway Ota Kiryu IC ⇒ Sano Danuma IC scheduled to open on Saturday, March 19 at 15:00, There is also a situation where the parallel national highway No. 50 is more crowded than usual due to disaster recovery, etc. When an emergency vehicle is requested, we are able to drive.
