[C3] Outer Ring Road Bridge Renewal Work

~A heavy traffic jam has occurred [C4] Detour to the Ken-Ken-O Road~

"Gaikan Expressway renewal construction" that was carried out in 2017 was finished.
Please see the construction information special site for "Gaikan Expressway renewal construction" scheduled to be implemented from 21:00 pm on Sunday, April 8, 2018.

Outer Ring Road Renewal Construction Click here for construction information special site

June 8, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Branch (Saitama Prefecture Saitama City)C3 Bridge renewal work is being carried out on the Gaikan Expressway (Outer Ring Road) from Monday, May 29.

The third week of construction will start from 10:00 am on Monday, June 12th. Because heavy traffic will occur during construction, C4 Please cooperate with the detour to the Metropolitan area central connecting road (Ken-O Road).

  • The second week of construction will start from 10 am on Monday, June 5th. At Kawaguchi West IC-Toda East IC, steel floor slab reinforcement work will be carried out using steel fiber reinforced concrete, and will be at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, 21:30. Ended
  • During the construction, there was a traffic jam of up to 10.9km, and it took up to 76 minutes (usually 19 minutes) to pass between Misato JCT and Bijogi JCT.
  • Continuing, the third week of construction is planned to be carried out from 10 am to 14 pm (Wednesday), June 12 (Monday) at the Wakokita IC-Toda Nishi IC
    It is expected that it will take less than an hour to pass through the traffic jam during construction. Please use a detour to the Ken-O Road O Expressway and use other transportation (Attachment 2 [PDF:550KB])
  • Please use the special site* that provides information on traffic conditions and time required for passing and detouring during construction.

Special site*: Attachment 1 [PDF: 469KB] Please refer to the

1. Status of the second week of construction

  • Construction content: Inner circumference Steel deck slab reinforcement work with steel fiber reinforced concrete at Kawaguchi West IC-Toda East IC
  • Construction period: June 5 (Monday) 10:00 am to June 6 (Tue) 21:30
  • Construction regulation: Continuous lane regulation of approximately 1,600 m
  • Traffic jam: Monday, June 5, 10:15~20:25 (up to 6.7km 18:00)
    Tuesday, June 6 5:55 to 20:15 (up to 10.9km 7:00 to 8:00)
  • Time required: Up to 76 minutes from Misato JCT to Bijogi JCT (normally 19 minutes around 8:00 on the 6th)

Photo-1 Image of steel fiber reinforced concrete construction
Photo-1 Steel fiber reinforced concrete construction
Photo-2 Image of traffic congestion
Photo-2 Traffic congestion

2. Schedule for the third week of construction

Construction section and period
  • 3rd week of construction: Outer Wako Kita IC-Toda Nishi IC (*Wako North IC entrance (outer) closed)
    From Monday, June 12 10:00 to Wednesday, June 14 20:00
  • In the case of stormy weather, it may be postponed the next day (Tuesday) or after June 19th (Monday).

3. Actual time required

In most time zones except at night, using the Ken-O Road Expressway takes less time.
Please confirm the latest traffic information, Ken-O Road Please help us to detour to like.


Image image of the actual time required for the first week of construction
Image of detour route
Image image of Expressway renewal project logo

Expressway Renewal project
Now, bring safety and security to the next generation.

NEXCO EAST, in order to deliver safety and security to everyone,
Expressway We will work on the update and repair business.

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