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  • Ken-O Road Kuki Shiraoka JCT ~ border was opened to new inter-Furukawa IC Ken-O Road let you know the amount of traffic.

April 20, 2015
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

  • 2015 March was opened on the 29th Ken-O Road traffic ※ 1 of (between Kuki Shiraoka JCT ~ border Furukawa IC) is about 5,300 vehicles / day ※ 2. Attachment 1 [PDF: 930KB]
  • Preceding of the adjacent section that has been opened by Ken-O Road (between Shiraoka iris IC ~ Kuki Shiraoka JCT) becomes the 9,200 vehicles / day by opening period is extended, use the number has increased 2,400 vehicles / day. Attachment 1 [PDF: 930KB]
  • The 3 ring roads have been opened sequentially this year, such as the Chuo Loop Line Shinagawa Line and the Ken-O Road O Expressway (between Samukawa Kita IC and Ebina JCT). In the future, the Ken-O Road O Expressway (between Kanzaki IC and Daiei JCT), (Between Okegawa Kitamoto IC and Shiraoka Iris IC) is scheduled to open.
  • Tohoku Expressway traffic change in the amount of and the national road No. 16 is, but is still limited, the future, Ken-O Road that is used, effects such as activation of alleviating traffic congestion and regional economy is expected. Attachment 2 [PDF: 841KB]

Ken-O Road Kuki Shiraoka JCT ~ 1 week of traffic after the opening of the inter-border Furukawa IC

dateDaily traffic volumeRemarksWeather *3
Kuki Shiraoka JCT~
Between Satte IC
Satte IC~
Between Goka IC
Goka IC~
Between Sakai Furukawa IC
March 29 (Sun)4,300 units4,100 units3,300 unitsOpen at 15:00 (9 hours traffic volume)Cloudy weather
March 30 (Mon)5,600 units4,600 units3,100 units24-hour trafficFine weather
March 31 (Tue)5,000 units4,100 units2,500 unitsFine weather
April 1 (Wed)4,900 units3,900 units2,300 unitsCloudy rain
April 2 (Thu)5,500 units4,400 units2,500 unitsFine weather
April 3 (Fri)5,300 units4,200 units2,200 unitsCloudiness
Saturday, April 45,900 units4,800 units2,800 unitsCloudy after rain
Sunday, April 55,200 units4,300 units2,700 unitsSometimes cloudy
Monday, April 64,700 units3,700 units1,900 unitsCloudy weather
  • 1 Average daily traffic volume from Monday, March 30th to Sunday, April 5th, 2015
  • 2 Between Kuki Shiraoka JCT and Satte IC
  • 3 For the weather, write the daytime general condition of Kumagaya City (from the Japan Meteorological Agency website)

Main effects of opening

Ken-O Road by the development of, Tohoku Expressway and Joban Expressway radiation direction, such as the Expressway road network linking will be formed. Through wide-ranging exchanges of people and things Large private demand [PDF: 457KB] Then A virtuous cycle of the local economy [PDF: 593KB] Is born.

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