Ohira IC will open on December 18th

-This opening will help attract companies in the Sendai metropolitan area and facilitate logistics-

October 25, 2010
Miyagi Prefecture
East Japan Expressway Tohoku Regional Head Office

The "Ohira interchange (IC)", which Miyagi prefecture (Aoba-ku, Sendai city) and NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba-ku, Sendai city) have jointly promoted under the regional activation interchange system, will be opened.

1 Opening point

Tohoku Expressway Ohira IC (Okuda, Ohira Village, Kurokawa District)
(Between Yamato IC and Furukawa IC)

2 Opening date

Saturday, December 18, 2010 15:00

3 Opening ceremony

The venue and the contents of the ceremony will be announced separately.

[Overview of opening points]
The Taiwa IC is located 3.2km from the Taiwa IC between the Taiwa IC and the Furukawa IC (18.0km) toward the Furukawa IC, and connects to the prefectural road Ohira Ochiai Line, which is the main road of the nearby Sen Taipei core industrial parks. I will.

(Reference: What is a regional revitalization IC)
Regional revitalization IC is to secure efficient access to national expressways to revitalize the region by stimulating the regional economy including the location of businesses, creating employment, and alleviating traffic congestion on surrounding roads. It is an interchange that is built on the national expressway mainly by local governments with the aim of contributing to.

[Opening effect]

  • The opening of the Ohira IC will directly connect the Sendai area core industrial parks and the Tohoku Expressway improving access to logistics bases such as Sendai Airport, which is the core airport of Tohoku, and Sendai Shiogama Port, which is a specific important port. ..
  • It is expected that the revitalization of the region and the creation of employment will be expected because further companies will be attracted to the industrial parks around the Ohira IC where the automobile related industries are accumulating.

Location map

Image of the location map of the completed Ohira IC

Ohira interchange floor plan

Image of the Ohira interchange floor plan

Ohira interchange photo

Photo of Ohira interchange
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