Expressway usage during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
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- Expressway usage during the Obon season [Tohoku region version]
August 17, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) is a Tohoku Expressway managed by the Company during the Obon season [Saturday, August 5, 2017-Wednesday, August 16, 2017] We will inform you about the usage status of.
During this period, traffic volume and the number of traffic jams were almost the same as the previous year.
1 traffic volume
[Average traffic volume on the 16 cross sections of the main line]
- All cars: About 99% of the previous year (about 28 thousand units/day) Attachment-1 [PDF:134KB]
- Peak: Out-bound is August 11th (Fri), In-bound is August 15th (Tuesday) Attachment-2 [PDF: 172KB]
2 congestion
- Congestion of 10 km or more on the main line occurred in a total of 24 times (13 times compared to the previous year), 13 times in the Out-bound direction (+1 compared to the previous year) and 11 times in the In-bound direction (4 times compared to the previous year).
- The maximum congestion length on the main line is 34.0 km (+7.8 km compared to the previous year), and it will be on Tuesday, August 15 (11:23-20:19 peak time 16:08). E4 It occurred between the Tsukidate IC and Hiraizumi Maesawa IC on the Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line). This traffic congestion was caused by accidents and traffic concentration.
- The amount of traffic congestion (*) was 1,738 km/h (about 139% of the previous year), an increase from the previous year.
- Congestion extension (km) × congestion time (h) ÷ 2
Note) "IC" is an abbreviation for interchange.
Comparison period
For details, please refer to the attached materials.
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