(1st report) About the situation of Expressway to the earthquake
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- (1st report) About the situation of Expressway to the earthquake
April 8, 2011
As of 1:20
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) has set up a disaster prevention headquarters after the earthquake that occurred around 23:32 on April 7, 2011.
Currently, we are carrying out emergency inspections by blocking roads where there was a large amount of shaking.
Joban Expressway Between Iwaki Nakoso IC and Iwaki Shikura IC, and between Ban-Etsu Expressway Iwaki JCT and Ono IC, the safety was confirmed at 1:20 and the suspension of traffic was released.
The closed section is Attachment [PDF: 159KB] As of.
In the future, we will compile and publicize the items confirmed by inspection.
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