(4th report) About the situation of Expressway following the earthquake with the epicenter of Fukushima Prefecture Hamadori district

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  • (4th report) About the situation of Expressway following the earthquake with the epicenter of Fukushima Prefecture Hamadori district

April 11, 2011
As of 20:30
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

At NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City), due to the earthquake that occurred in the Hamadori region of Fukushima Prefecture at 17:16 on April 11, 2011, the lines and sections that had great shaking were blocked. , We conduct emergency inspections, and the roads are closed from the sections where safety is confirmed.

1. Section where suspension of traffic has been released

Road name section By vertical line Remarks
Tohoku Expressway Shirakawa IC-Shiraishi IC Up and down 20:30 Closure cancellation
Ban-Etsu Expressway Ono IC-Inawashiro Bandai Kogen IC Up and down 20:30 Closure cancellation

2. Closed section (Tohoku Regional Head Office Office)

Road name section By vertical line Remarks
Ban-Etsu Expressway Iwaki JCT-Ono IC Up and down  
Joban Expressway Iwaki Nakoso IC-Iwaki Shikura IC Up and down  
Joban Expressway Iwaki Shikura IC-Joban Tomioka IC Up and down Due to the evacuation area of the nuclear power plant, traffic will be closed from March 11
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3. Major damages currently confirmed (Tohoku Regional Head Office Office)

  Road name section By vertical line Damage situation
1 Joban Expressway Iwaki Nakoso IC-Iwaki Yumoto IC Up and down Out-bound slope cut slope reaches In-bound line

We are currently confirming the existence of personal injury.

In addition, we will compile and publicize from the confirmed damage.

[Situation 1]

Image image taken from the In-bound line toward Tokyo

【Document】NEXCO East Japan/Tohoku Regional Head Office Expressway etc. [PDF:158KB]

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