Hokuriku Expressway will be fully accessible due to temporary restoration work!
-Along with this, we will change the section for toll free measures-
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- Hokuriku Expressway will be fully accessible due to temporary restoration work!
July 18, 2007
As of 17:30
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Niigata Regional Head Office
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Niigata Nishi-ku, Regional Head Office length: Yoshio Shiraishi) in, by the 2007 Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu-oki earthquake Hokuriku Expressway suffered extensive damage in, has implemented the emergency repair in continuously day and night.
As a result, emergency restoration work has been completed for the remaining Hokuriku Expressway between Kakizaki IC and Yoneyama IC, so at 18 o'clock on Wednesday, July 18, We have made it possible to pass through the section by face-to-face traffic using the In-bound and Out-bound lines respectively. The Hokuriku Expressway will now be able to pass over the entire line.
Although there will be no closed sections due to the damage caused by the earthquake, lane restrictions and interchange outflow restrictions will remain. When passing, please follow these and the speed limits and drive safely.
1 Section and date and time when suspension of traffic is released
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 18:00
| Upper and lower | Closed section | Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self | Solstice | ||||
| Hokuriku Expressway | Up and down | Kakizaki IC | ⇔ | Yoneyama JCT | ※1 ※2 |
- *1 One-sided, two-sided lanes will be used.
- *2 Special vehicles with a width of over 3.0 m cannot pass.
2 Change of toll free section
Until now, due to traffic restrictions on National Highway No. 8, it will pass to vehicles that mutually use each IC in each section of the Hokuriku Expressway Nou IC-Kakizaki IC and between the Hokuriku Expressway Yoneyama IC-Kan-Etsu Expressway Nagaoka IC. We have implemented toll-free measures, but due to the cancellation of this closed section, we changed the section of the toll-free measures from Nou IC on the Hokuriku Expressway to Nagaoka IC on the Kan-Etsu Expressway from 18:00 on July 18, 2007. I will.
In addition, we will inform you of the end time separately.
- Expressway 's free measures implemented due to the suspension of general national roads, etc. Vehicles that mutually use each IC in the free measure section (between Hokuriku Expressway Nou IC to Kan-Etsu Expressway Nagaoka IC) Since the toll is not collected for, if you cross the section or cross over, you will be charged the toll of the section actually passed.
- When using with ETC, it will be displayed on the charge display and ETC use inquiry service, but it will not be charged.
3 Damage status and restoration work
After the earthquake, our Regional Head Office has just closed the road, carried out emergency inspections, and carried out emergency restoration work.
Of the Yoneyama tunnel (upper and lower lines) between Kakizaki IC and Yoneyama IC, especially for the tunnel on the In-bound line side, the concrete lining part (thickness about 30 cm, maximum width about 1 m, extension about 30 m) of the tunnel ceiling It has been stripped, and we are currently investigating and examining emergency recovery and implementing countermeasures.
At Yoneyama Bridge and Hachizaki Bridge from Kakizaki IC to Yoneyama IC, we are investigating the soundness of the bridge girders, examining the soundness of the bridge girders, and examining emergency measures and implementing countermeasures.
The damage on the Hokuriku Expressway Nou IC-Nagaoka JCT due to this earthquake is as follows, including those that have already been restored.
- Two large steps (50 cm) and about 40 medium-sized steps (20 cm to 50 cm)
- One concrete drop off in Hachizaki tunnel (In-bound line), Yoneyama tunnel (up/down line), Kashiwazaki tunnel (In-bound line), and Shinjizo tunnel (In-bound line)
- 6 locations of bridge support, damage to bridge girders, etc.
- In addition, there are approximately 200 small steps and cracks.
Regarding the full restoration (4 lanes, etc.) of each facility on the Expressway that was damaged by this earthquake, we will make an announcement as soon as the outlook is available, in coordination with related organizations.
Expressway damage photo [PDF: 40KB]
4 Status of rest facilities
The status of rest facilities between Nou IC on the Hokuriku Expressway and Nagaoka JCT is as follows.
| Area name | Up and down | Available facilities | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoneyama SA (Between Kashiwazaki IC and Yoneyama IC) | Up | Vending machine, gas station, toilet | The restaurant, shopping corner and snack corner cannot be used. |
| Yoneyama SA (Between Kakizaki IC and Yoneyama IC) | under | Snack corner, shopping corner, vending machine, gas station, toilet | The restaurant is not available. |
| Ozumi PA (Nagaoka JCT ⇒ Nishiyama IC) | Up | Shopping corner, snack corner (partly), vending machine, toilet | |
| Ozumi PA (Nishiyama IC ⇒ Nagaoka JCT) | under | Normal business (shopping corner, snack corner, vending machine), toilet | |
| Kariwa PA (Kashiwazaki IC ⇔ Nishiyama IC) | Up and down | Closure |
5 Requests to Customers
We ask our customers as follows.
- 1 Congestion due to traffic concentration
There is a traffic congestion near the Nishiyama IC and Kashiwazaki IC on the Hokuriku Expressway. We call for refraining from the passage of ordinary vehicles for smooth disaster recovery activities in the affected areas. - 2 Restriction of outflow of general vehicles at Kashiwazaki ICAs for Kashiwazaki IC, general vehicles cannot continue to flow out.
- 3 Regulated speed in the affected area
Hokuriku Expressway Nou IC-When driving on Nagaoka JCT, we call on you to comply with the regulated speed in order to drive safely.
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