Keiichi Inoue Vice-President of PIARC
11 March, 2011 14:46(JST) 100km Disaster By TUNAMI By Earthquake
Distribution of seismic intensity March 11 th, 2011 14:46 (JST) The earthquake caused extensive damages over a wide area. 500km Earthquake Intensity (Japanese scale) Intensity 7 Intensity 6 upper Intensity 6 lower Intensity 5 upper Intensity 5 lower Intensity 4 Intensity 3 Intensity 2 Intensity 1 Earthquake center Name of earthquake City Earthquake Intensity (Japanese scale) Great Tohoku-Kanto earthquake Miyagi 7 Tokyo 5 Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake Kobe 7
Victims of the earthquake On March 31 st more than 11,532 people are confirmed dead and about 16,441 people missing. Accurate number of death will be more greater. 161,597 houses are destroyed.
Seismic Intensity along Expressway Distribution of acceleration 270 290 480 340 300340 280 370 380 630 880 280 100 890 780 670 520570 450 800 340 500 1190 670 440 290 30 180 1320 760 260 470 300 220860 220 120 150 100km Earthquake center Unit: Gal (unidirectional acceleration)
Damage situation of road network Expressways had damages in 20 routes, which length is 854km, and 4 interchanges. Expressway Tokyo National road Damaged points of expressway Damaged points of national road
Damage situations of expressway Embankments Joban expressway Tokyo 100km Severe damages are found along 150-meter length.
Damage situations of expressway Embankments Tohoku expressway Hukushima-iizaka I.C. Kunimi I.C. Tokyo 100km Yabuki I.C.- Nasugawa I.C.
Damage situations of expressway Bridges Sendai-tobu expressway Tokyo 100km Broked rubber shoe Bumps at bridge joints
Damage situations of expressway Damages by tsunami Wakabayashi JCT Natori JCT Tokyo 100km
Damage situations of expressway Construction sites Under construction Tokyo 100km
Expressway network on March 11 th (The day of earthquake) Soon after the earthquake, we closed almost all the sections in order to check damage situations. Tokyo Normal operation Closed
Expressway network on May 12 th evening (The next day) Tohoku Expressway Tohoku and Joban expressways had a lot of damages. Joban Expressway Normal operation Tokyo Closed Emergency transportation routes Damaged points of expressway
Progress towards Recover Expressway Joban expressway(mito I.C. - Naka I.C.) 1 2 3 May 11 th 4p.m. Soon after the earthquake May 14 th 3 days after Removing collapsed soil and reconstructing embankment May 17 th 6 days after Finished
Progress towards Recover Tohoku expressway(yabuki I.C. Nasugawa I.C.) Soon after the earthquake Reconstruction work under one lane closure March 16 th The reconstruction work finished by March 22th.
Emergency traffic routes
Service Area Service areas are used as meeting points, transit points.
National Route No.45 In Coastal Areas National Utatsu Route Bridge No.45 Kesen-numa Bridge
National Route No.45 (cont.) In Coastal Areas
National Route No.45 (cont.) In Sendai city
Other roads Road in Sendai city Feeder road near Sendai Seaport Tohoku expressway was opened to public on March 24 th. But at that moment, some access roads connecting to the expressway were closed.
Damages situations in Metropolitan Area Tokyo 100km Wangan expressway (Shinkiba-Kasai) Quoted from Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Damages situations in Metropolitan Area Reclamation districts
Damages situations in Metropolitan Area Halted train service at the day (on March 11 th ) People going back their home by hoot on March 11 th People waiting for resuming of operation
Damage situations of Railway Tokyo 100km Quated from East Japan Rail Co.Ltd
Damages situations of Airports Sendai Airport Sendai Airport Tokyo 100km
Sendai Airport Facilities in Sendai Airport were buried with rubbles and seawater, but on March 16 th its runway opened. March 19 th U.S. military vehicle and aircraft transporting relief supplies, March 20 th
Damages situations of Seaports Ishinomaki Seaport Sendai Seaport Sendai seaport Tokyo 100km Ishinomaki seaport
Fuel shortage Damages of oil factories, interruptions of road traffic and halts of other transport modes created a fuel shortage. Traffic restoration of road transport is progressing, therefore a capacity for oil supply is gradually recovering. Long line of cars waiting for fueling, March17th First oil tanker after the earthquake Sendai seaport, March 21 st
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Reactors themselves were stopped automatically just after the earthquake. But coolant systems are damaged. Personels and officials are tackling the crisis very hard. Due to shutdown of Fukushima plant, rolling blackouts are implemented mainly in the Metropolitan area.
Summary Aftershocks are occurring even now, but frequency is decreasing. On March 29 th, main road network for logistics was almost recovered. The ministry referred to the importance and necessity of road network development to ensure the safety of citizens. Roads Railways Tohoku Expressway March 17 th (6 days after) 12 % *Opened only for emergency traffic March 28 th (17 days after) 100 % National Route No.45 96 % 98 % Tohoku Shinkansen 25 % 47 % Conventional lines 11 % 24 % Seaports 15 seaports 7 % 100 % Airports 13 airports 92 % 92 %
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