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Vehicles no longer stranded due to snow on expressway in central Japan NHK

Traffic paralyzed due to heavy snow on an expressway in central Japan was freed up Thursday morning, some 19 hours after the jam occurred.

Central Nippon Expressway Company says stranded vehicles were cleared on the Meishin Expressway in Gifu Prefecture at 4 a.m.

At one point, the accumulated snow left some 770 vehicles immobile on both directions of the expressway over a 5-kilometer stretch.
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Heavy snow caused traffic gridlock for 19 hours on Japan's Meishin Expressway in Gifu Prefecture. Stranded vehicles were cleared at 4 a.m., leaving behind 770 immobilized vehicles over a 5-kilometer stretch due to the accumulated snow. Central Nippon Expressway Company reported this incident on
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ID: 9dc3359a-b5b7-4284-aefa-72458ddccb7b

Category ID: nhk

URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240125_06/

Date: Jan. 25, 2024

Created: 2024/01/25 06:30

Updated: 2025/12/08 18:32

Last Read: 2024/01/25 15:29