Tohoku Expressway Shiraishi IC-Sendai Minami IC 5-year improvement work completed
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- Tohoku Expressway Shiraishi IC-Sendai Minami IC 5-year improvement work completed
July 15, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City), work was being carried out between the Shiraishi Interchange (IC) on the Tohoku Expressway and the Sendai Minami IC to improve the visibility of the curve. It will be announced.
We would like to thank all our customers for their cooperation in implementing the construction work, such as regulation of construction lanes to ensure safety, and we will continue to strive to maintain and maintain a safe and secure Expressway.
In addition, the section is Tohoku Expressway Among, curves and In-bound, Out-bound is a tough section in which slope is continuous, want you to a comfortable drive to protect the safety speed and traffic rules to everyone of the driver, safe driving in the future I would like to ask.
1 Construction period
March 31, 2006-July 15, 2010
2 Purpose of improvement
The purpose is to improve the driving environment and reduce accidents.
3 Improvement section
Tohoku Expressway out between the Shiraishi IC ~ Sendai south IC, curves and In-bound, Out-bound places severe road linear section 10 hill has been a continuous total length of approximately 8km by Annex -3 [PDF: 156KB]
4 Improvement contents
- (1) Sight widening
- : By widening the shoulder on the inside of the curve and increasing the physical distance (visual distance) that allows the driver to see in front, it is possible to detect obstacles ahead of the car more quickly and reduce the risk of rear-end collisions. I will.
- (2) Road shoulder widening
- : The left shoulder is widened so that even if a large vehicle makes an emergency stop on the shoulder, it is possible to stop without protruding the vehicle body into the driving lane, reducing the risk of contact with subsequent vehicles.
5 Effect of improvement
- The risk of rear-end collision and contact has been reduced.
- In the improved section (about 8 km), the number of accidents decreased by 32% compared to before and after the improvement.
[Improved position map]
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