About carrying out continuous day and night closure of the Joban Expressway (between Iwaki Chuo IC and Hirono IC)

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August 28, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office Office Iwaki Management Office

NEXCO EAST Iwaki Management Office (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture) will carry out road-repair work between the Joban Expressway Iwaki Central Interchange (IC) and Hirono IC to repair road surfaces damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake. I will carry it out.

We apologize for the inconvenience to our customers, but we ask for your understanding and cooperation as it is necessary to maintain a safe and comfortable environment on the Expressway.

1 closed section

  1. Joban Expressway between Iwaki Chuo IC and Iwaki Shikura IC (upper and lower lines)
  2. Joban Expressway between Iwaki-Shikura IC and Hirono IC (upper and lower lines)

2 suspension period

  1. From Saturday, September 22, 2012 to Saturday, October 6
    (Spare days October 7th (Sun) to October 12th (Fri))
  2. From Saturday, October 20, 2012 to Monday, November 5
    (Preliminary days November 6th (Tue)-November 11th (Sun))

3 closed hours

From 6:00 am on the regulation start date to 6:00 am on the regulation release day

4 detour

  1. National Route 6, National Route 49, Prefectural Route 35 Attachment-1 [PDF:122KB]
  2. National Route 6, Prefectural Road 41

5 Construction content

We will carry out repair work for steps etc. that have occurred on the road surface.

6 Regarding transfer fare adjustment due to suspension of traffic

Attachment-2 [PDF:44KB]

Passengers who leave the Expressway due to continuous daytime and nighttime traffic closures, bypass the traffic closure section, and then transfer in the same direction again, will make "transit adjustment" to adjust the toll according to the section used.

○Transportation tollgate *Transfer fare adjustment is only between Iwaki Chuo and Iwaki Shikura (upper and lower lines)

  • (In-bound) Outflow IC: Iwaki Shikura IC
    Re-inflow IC: Iwaki Chuo IC, Iwaki Yumoto IC, Iwaki Nakoso IC, Iwaki Sanwa IC, Ono IC
  • (Out-bound line) Outflow IC: Iwaki Yumoto IC, Iwaki Central IC, Iwaki Sanwa IC
    Re-inflow IC: Iwaki Shikura IC

7 Information provision

Although it will be light rain, it will be postponed if there is a possibility of heavy rain and strong wind.
In addition, the decision to implement the road closure will be made at 17:00 the day before the implementation.

[Customer contact]

  • NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター(24時間オペレーターが対応します。)
    0570-024-024
    03-5338-7524(PHS・IP電話のお客さま)
  • ハイウェイテレホン(24時間音声案内)
    郡山局 024-961-1620
  • (財)日本道路交通情報センター
    050-3369-6666(全国共通ダイヤル)
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