(4th report) About the situation of Expressway to the earthquake
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- (4th report) About the situation of Expressway to the earthquake
April 8, 2011
As of 3:20
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
The NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is carrying out an emergency inspection by suspending a section with a large shaking due to the earthquake that occurred around 23:32 on April 7, 2011.
[New information dissemination in this announcement]
A section where the safety was confirmed by an emergency inspection and the road closure was released
| Road name | section | By vertical line | Remarks |
| Tohoku Expressway | Shirakawa IC-Shiraishi IC | Up and down | 3:15 Closure cancellation |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway | Ono IC-Inawashiro Bandai Kogen IC | Up and down | 3:15 Closure cancellation |
| Hachinohe Expressway | Johoji IC-Hachinohe IC/Hachinohe North IC | Up and down | 3:15 Closure cancellation |
| Momoishi Toll Road | Hachinohe North IC-Shimoda Hyakuseki IC | Up and down | 3:15 Closure cancellation |
| Akita Expressway | Yuda IC-Kotooka Moridake IC | Up and down | 3:20 Closure cancellation |
| Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway | Iwaki IC-Kawabe JCT | Up and down | 3:20 Closure cancellation |
| Yuzawa-Yokote Road | Yuzawa IC-Yokote IC | Up and down | 3:20 Closure cancellation |
The closed section is Attachment [PDF: 159KB] As of.
【Damage situation】
We are releasing the road closure from the section where safety is confirmed by the emergency inspection, but we are starting emergency recovery from the place where cracks or steps are found on the road surface.
In the future, we will compile and publicize the items confirmed by inspection.
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