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NEXCO EAST　The Kitakami Management Office (Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture) will close the E46 Kamaishi Expressway ("Kamaishi Road") up and down line from the Hanamaki Junction ("JCT") to the Towa Interchange ("IC") during the night for pavement repair work and other reasons.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your understanding and cooperation.

1. Closed section and date and time

1. Closed section:

   Section [1]

   Kamaishi Expressway, up and down lines, Hanamaki JCT to Hanamaki Airport IC

   Section [2]

   Kamaishi Expressway, both directions, Hanamaki Airport IC to Towa IC



• The signs such as E46 attached to each route indicate the route number (numbering) of Expressway, etc.
2. Date and time
   Implementation date:

   Section [1]

   August 18th (Tuesday) - August 19th (Wednesday), 2020

   Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning

   Section [2]

   August 20th (Thursday) to August 25th (Tuesday), 2020

   Every night from 8pm to 6am the next morning
   Excluding weekends and holidays
   Preparation day:

   Section [1] or Section [2]

   Thursday, August 26th to Friday, August 28th, 2020

   Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning

Usage Guide

2. Detour

For information on alternative routes, please refer to Attachment 1 [PDF: 441KB].
The detour will increase your travel time, so please allow extra time for your journey.

3. Regarding transit adjustments due to suspension of traffic

For customers who exit Expressway due to a road closure, detour around the closed section, and then re-enter to continue their journey in the same direction, a "transfer adjustment" will be implemented to adjust the toll based on the section used. (See Attachment 2 [PDF: 203KB])

How to use transit adjustment

ETC customers

• For customers using ETC, please drive wirelessly at designated outflow ICs, and also wirelessly drive at re-inflow ICs. (Transfer certificates are not issued for ETC vehicles)
• ETC time zone discount will be applied, considering the transited journey as one.
  Toll charges are adjusted at the time of billing, so they may differ from those displayed at the toll gate.
• Insert the same ETC card for all journeys and pass through the ETC lane at the tollgate.

Customers such as cash

• Customers paying with cash, etc. should receive a "transfer certificate" at the outflow designated IC, then take a "transit ticket" at the re-inflow IC, and then take the "transition certificate" at the toll booth where they pay the toll for the first time. Please hand over your ``book'' and ``traffic ticket.''

Common to ETC and cash customers

• If the road closure is lifted after exiting at an exit IC, the toll will be adjusted even if you re-enter from an IC in the road closure section in the forward direction or from an exit IC.
• Hanamaki PA Smart IC and Yahaba Smart IC are only accessible to vehicles equipped with ETC.

Four. Construction overview

At Kamaishi Road Upper and Lower Line Hanamaki JCT ~ Towa IC, we will carry out pavement repair work. In order to avoid causing as much inconvenience as possible to customers, we will close the road on weekday nights when there is little traffic, and carry out the construction intensively and efficiently. This is a necessary construction work for you to use the Expressway safely and comfortably, so we ask for your understanding and cooperation.

5. How to obtain information about Expressway

(1) Guidance by distribution / posting

• Digital signage will be displayed in nearby rest areas.

(2) Expressway information available before you leave

• NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター（24時間オペレーターが対応）
  ナビダイヤル：0570-024-024
  または：03-5308-2424
• NEXCO EAST Expressway Information Site "DraTra"
  Real-time information

  https://www.drivetraffic.jp/

  Construction regulation information

  https://www.drivetraffic.jp/construction-regulation
• 日本道路交通情報センター（JARTIC）道路交通情報
  全国共通ダイヤル　050-3369-6666
  （携帯電話短縮ダイヤル　#8011）
  ※全国どこからでも最寄りの情報センターに接続します。
  東北地方高速情報　050-3369-6761
  岩手情報　050-3369-6603
  【アドレス】https://www.jartic.or.jp/
• LINE official account "NEXCO EAST"
  We provide information about Expressway under the jurisdiction of NEXCO EAST.

  

(3) Expressway information available while using Expressway

• Road information board
• Highway radio (AM1620kHz)
  Highway radio sections are indicated by signs on the Expressway.
• VICS
  Road information can be obtained from devices equipped with VICS-compatible car navigation systems.

• The official account of X (formerly Twitter) also provides information about Expressway.
  "NEXCO EAST (Tohoku)" (@e_nexco_tohoku)