About falling concrete fragments from Furukawa Bridge on the Tohoku Expressway
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- About falling concrete fragments from Furukawa Bridge on the Tohoku Expressway
May 18, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
Floor of Furukawabashi, Tohoku Expressway (Uezuko, Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture) on the Yamada Hiroomote Line (Kamiue Tsuriko, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture) that intersects with the Tohoku Expressway which is managed by NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) It was discovered that concrete pieces had fallen onto the city street from the edge of the bottom of the plate.
これによるけが人や物損などの事故は確認されておりません。
We take this situation seriously, carry out emergency inspections, and implement measures to ensure safety.
1 History of discovery
At about 15:30 on Thursday, May 17, customers on the city road reported that they found a concrete piece falling from Tohoku Expressway Furukawabashi. Our company Tohoku Regional Head Office We entered the Kitakami management office and confirmed by our employees at 16:00 on site.
2 Occurrence location
Tohoku Expressway Furukawabashi (Opening date: November 19, 1977)
(Between Kitakami Junction and Kitakami Etsuko Interchange)
Place name: Kitakami-shi, Iwate Prefecture Kamie Tsuzuri (Ezuriko Kitakami) No. 21 land allocation (dai 21 chichi)
3 Falling concrete pieces
7cm×8cm×80cm
Maximum about 7 cm × 8 cm × 14 cm Weight about 1.1 kg
Total weight including other debris is about 5.0kg (See attached photo)
4 Cause of fall
Currently under investigation
5 Last inspection date of the relevant part
January 27, 2009 No abnormality (striking sound check)
April 16, 2012 No abnormality (visual inspection)
6 Future action
- An emergency inspection of the bottom surface of the floor plate of Furukawa Bridge was carried out yesterday (5/17).
- For other bridges in the pipe, we will carry out an emergency inspection of the bottom surface of the floor of the bridge, which may cause damage to a third party due to similar events.
【Location map】
[Situation photo]
