(35th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)

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March 19, 2011
As of 19:15
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. Implementation of road closures (The table below shows the situation only within the jurisdiction of our Kanto Regional Head Office)

Due to the earthquake that occurred around 18:56, we have started to close the following sections.

Road name direction section Remarks
Joban Expressway Up and down Iwama-Mito For emergency inspection
North Kanto Expressway East and West Sakuragawa Chikusei to Mito Minami For emergency inspection
East Kanto Expressway Up and down Ibaraki Airport North-Ibaraki Town JCT For emergency inspection

The following sections are still closed.

Road name direction section Remarks
Tohoku Expressway Up and down Utsunomiya-Shirakawa Emergency traffic route designated section
Joban Expressway Up and down Mito-Iwaki Nakoso Emergency traffic route designated section
Higashi-Mito Road East and West Mito Minami ~ Hitachinaka  

2. Cancellation of emergency traffic route (no change from last time)

The sections below are designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission.

Road name direction section Remarks
Tohoku Expressway Up and down Utsunomiya-Ikariseki [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 Mito-Iwaki center
Yamamoto-Watari
 
Ban-Etsu Expressway Up and down Tsugawa-Iwaki JCT [Restricted IC] Bandai Atami, Inawashiro Bandai Kogen, Bandai Riverside, 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
* An emergency traffic route is an emergency vehicle that carries the personnel and materials necessary for disaster emergency measures (emergency designated vehicle equipped with a red light and the ``emergency vehicle confirmation mark issued by the prefectural governor or prefectural public safety officer association''. It is a road designated by the Public Safety Commission to secure a traffic route for vehicles that display "." Please note that no ordinary vehicles can travel in the target section.

3. About closure of rest facility

As for the Kasama parking area on the northern Kanto Expressway (to the east and to the west), damage to the water supply and buildings due to this earthquake has occurred until the repair is completed even after the cancellation of the Expressway main line suspension. The rest facility will be closed. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Four. Road damage and restoration status

Kanto Regional Head Office in the tube, because of the damage point recovery, but we are the intensive work, by aftershocks that every day occurs, you have a new damaged portion is generated. We are also making every possible effort to restore new damaged areas.

Joban Expressway Mito IC-Naka IC (In-bound line) Approximately 150m, the road surface has collapsed and wavy. Image image of pavement under construction
[Newly damaged location]
Joban Expressway Mito C-Naka IC (In-bound line) Vertical crack caused by repeated strong aftershocks Higashi-Mito Road Mito south IC-Mito Oarai IC (westbound) Image of step difference caused by repeated strong aftershocks