(39th report)
Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
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- (39th report) Status of Expressway following the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Kanto Regional Head Regional Head Office)
March 21, 2011
As of 10:00
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. Release of road closures
At 10:00 am on March 21, we closed the sections of the table below.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Mito-Iwaki center | Emergency traffic route designation cancellation section |
2. Cancellation of emergency traffic route designation
At 10:00 am on March 21, the emergency traffic route designation for the sections in the table below was canceled. This will allow general passengers to pass through.
| Road name | direction | section | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joban Expressway | Up and down | Mito-Iwaki center |
Current, In our jurisdiction The sections designated as emergency traffic routes by the Public Safety Commission are as shown in the table below.
| 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 | 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 |
3. About closure of rest facility
Due to reasons such as damage to buildings, the rest facilities in the table below are closed even after the suspension of the Expressway main line.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
| Road name | Rest facility name | direction | IC section | Reason for closure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joban Expressway | Nakago Service Area | going down | Between Takahagi and Kitaibaraki | Used as a base for recovery and rescue activities |
| North Kanto Expressway | Kasama parking area | East and West | Between Kasama West and Tomobe | There is damage to the building, etc. |
Four. Road damage and restoration status
The Kanto Regional Head Office is working diligently to restore damaged areas. In addition, if there are new damaged areas due to aftershocks occurring every day, we will do our utmost to restore them.
Five. Precautions when using the Expressway (request)
Since the sections opened due to emergency restoration have steps and undulations on the road surface, many prefectures have speed regulations enforced by each prefectural police and warn them with signs. Please drive carefully.
