[E7] Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway Hoei Smart Interchange
It will be available for 24 hours from 6:00 am on Tuesday, January 18, 4th year of Reiwa.

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　Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway Smart Interchange (Smart IC) is currently limited to use from 6:00 to 22:00, but it was 6 am on Tuesday, January 18, 4th year of Reiwa. We will inform you that it will be available 24 hours a day from the time.
By being able to use it 24 hours a day, it is expected that the critical care rate will be improved and the efficiency of operations and logistics will be improved.

1. 1. Operation start date and time

Tuesday, January 18, 4th year of Reiwa 6:00 am

2. place

Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway Toyosaka Smart IC (inside Mori Shimo, Kita-ku, Niigata City)

3. 3. Operating hours

24hours

Four. Target model

Motorcycles, light vehicles, ordinary vehicles, and medium-sized vehicles with a length of 12 m or less equipped with ETC on-board equipment (charge vehicle type classification)

Five. Usage pattern

Temporarily stop type half IC format (entrance to Niigata area)

Expected effects of 24-hour operation

• Improvement of critical care center
  By making it 24 hours a day, the time for emergency transportation in the early morning and at night will be shortened.

  

• Streamlining operations and logistics
  It is expected that the 24-hour operation will improve convenience and improve the efficiency of operations and logistics.
• Further strengthening of double network
  The 24-hour system will further strengthen the double network of the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway and the directly controlled national highway (National Highway No. 7) that has an alternative function.