About free opening of general national highway No. 45 (Sanriku Transverse Expressway (Naruse Oku Matsushima ~ Ishinomaki Henan)) (Yamoto Ishinomaki Road)

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December 21, 2007
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Regional Head Office: Mikio Kashima) is a national highway No. 45 (Sanriku Transverse Expressway (Naruse Oku Matsushima Interchange (IC) to Ishinomaki Henan IC)) managed by the Company (Yamoto) We will inform you that the toll collection period of Ishinomaki Road) will expire on January 23, 2008 at 24:00 and it will be free of charge.

In addition, from January 24, 2008, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Management will be taken over.

Yamoto Ishinomaki Road Overview

  • Business permit
    General toll road business license / March 31, 1997
  • Opening date
    March 20, 1998
    (Naruse Oku Matsushima IC ~ Ishinomaki Henan IC)
  • Extension
    12.4km
  • Road standard and number of lanes
    1st class 2nd class (design speed 100km/h)
    • Temporary 2 lanes (regulated speed 70km/h)
  • Maintenance method
    Public works, toll road business, merger enforcement method
  • Traffic volume
    Approximately 13,000 units/day (FY2006)
  • Fee income
    Approximately 1,714 million yen (FY2006)
Image image of Sanriku Transit Expressway

About closure due to free opening (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tohoku Regional Development Bureau website)