(Third report)
About the situation of Expressway due to the earthquake (Tohoku Regional Head Office)
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- (3rd report) About the situation of Expressway due to the earthquake (Tohoku Regional Head Office)
March 11, 2011
20:30
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
At the NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City), the disaster prevention office was set up in response to the earthquake that occurred around 14:46 on March 11, 2011.
Currently, we are carrying out emergency inspections by blocking roads where there was a large amount of shaking.
Tohoku Regional Head Office Jurisdiction《Aomori prefecture, Akita prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Miyagi prefecture, Yamagata prefecture, Fukushima prefecture (Tohoku Expressway: Shirakawa IC north, Joban Expressway: Iwaki Nakoso IC north)》 The situation of Expressway is as follows:
[Road status]
1 Passable section (section without traffic closure)
| Road name | section | By vertical line | Remarks |
| Kamaishi Expressway | Hanamaki Airport IC-Towa IC | Up and down | No road closure |
| Yamagata Expressway | Yudonoyama IC-Sakata Minato IC | Up and down | No road closure |
| Yamagata Expressway | Sasaya IC-Sekizawa IC | under | Closed at 20:25 |
| Yamagata Expressway | Sasaya IC-Sekizawa IC | Up | Cancellation from 20:30 |
- All Expressway except the above sections are closed to ensure safety.
- We will remove the road closure from the point where safety is confirmed.
2 Damage situation
Currently, there is no information such as injuries on the Expressway.
The following conditions have been confirmed regarding road damage.
(1) The toll gates on the Sendai-Tobu Road the coastal areas are submerged in water.
(2) On Expressway in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures, several steps of several tens of centimeters, etc., have occurred.