Prediction of traffic congestion on Expressway in Niigata during Golden Week

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April 4, 2007
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Niigata City, Regional Head Office length: Hiroyuki Matsuda) in, to the 14 days of April 25, 2007 (Wed) to May 8 (Tuesday)] This year's Golden Week time Expressway traffic jam in I have summarized the expected points. Please use it to create a comfortable travel plan, such as removing the customer's use time from the time when traffic congestion is expected. Please note that traffic jams due to traffic accidents are not included.

1. Congestion prediction

On the Expressway in Niigata prefecture during the Golden Week, it is predicted that the Joshin-Etsu Expressway will cause over 5km of traffic congestion from May 3 (Thursday) to May 6 (Sunday).

The details are as follows.

・1 Joshin-Etsu Expressway (in Niigata Prefecture) In-bound: Tokyo area Out-bound: Joetsu area

Date direction section Traffic jam
Occurrence location
Km
post
Time zone peak
Time
Peak time
Congestion length
Traffic jam
Head side
Traffic jam
Rear side
5/3 (Thursday) going up Myoko Kogen IC Nakago IC Near Myoko SA 178 9:00~
17:00
16:00 5km
going up Nakago IC Joetsutakada IC Near Kannondaira TN 195 8:00~
12:00
9 o'clock 10km
5/4 (Friday) going up Myoko Kogen IC Nakago IC Near Myoko SA 178 9:00~
19:00
16:00 5km
going up Nakago IC Joetsutakada IC Near Kannondaira TN 195 9:00~
17:00
11 o'clock 5km
going down Joetsutakada IC Nakago IC Near Kannondaira TN 195 9:00~
16:00
11 o'clock 5km
5/5 (Sat) going up Myoko Kogen IC Nakago IC Near Myoko SA 178 11:00~
17:00
16:00 5km
going up Nakago IC Joetsutakada IC Near Kannondaira TN 195 9:00~
17:00
16:00 5km
going down Joetsutakada IC Nakago IC Near Kannondaira TN 195 10:00~
16:00
13:00 5km
5/6 (Sun) going up Myoko Kogen IC Nakago IC Near Myoko SA 178 11:00~
17:00
16:00 5km

IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, TN: Tunnel, SA: Service area

・Other Expressway 2 prefectures

Congestion over 5km is not expected for other Expressway prefecture.

・3 Reference: Expressway outside the prefecture

Among the Expressway outside the prefecture, the following is the prediction of traffic congestion over 30km on the Kan-Etsu Expressway.

・ Kan-Etsu Expressway (outside Niigata Prefecture) In-bound: To Tokyo Out-bound: To Joetsu

Date direction section Traffic jam
Occurrence location
Km
post
Time zone peak
Time
Peak time
Congestion length
Traffic jam
Head side
Traffic jam
Rear side
5/3 (Thursday) going down Oizumi JCT Hanazono IC Near Hanazono IC 56 5:00~17:00 9 o'clock 55km
5/4 (Friday) going down Oizumi JCT Higashimatsuyama IC Near Takasaka SA 32 5:00~13:00 8 o'clock 30km

IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, TN: Tunnel, SA: Service area

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【Related Links】

  • Traffic jam prediction guide [PDF: 2.0MB]
  • NEXCO3 Company Press Release for National Information
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