Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - This photo shows fissures in the Tomei Expressway near the Kikugawa Exit caused by a strong earthquake on Aug. 11. The quake hit the prefecture southwest of Tokyo and its vicinity the same day. (Pool photo)

Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day. (Pool photo)

Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

Highway damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A bump emerges on the Tomei Expressway near Kikugawa Exit in Kikugawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, after a strong earthquake hit the prefecture southwest of Tokyo and its vicinity Aug. 11.

Potentially hazardous substance spilled on Tokyo expressway

Potentially hazardous substance spilled on Tokyo expressway

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters in protective suits try to remove acrylamide, a potentially hazardous chemical substance, which was spilled near the Tomei Highway's Yokohama-Machida interchange in Tokyo on Feb. 12 after a tanker truck overturned there.

Japan highway

Japan highway

Photo taken Dec. 30, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows traffic congestion on the Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture as travelers head for New Year holidays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tomei Highway Opens

Part of the Tomei Expressway opens to traffic. Date of shooting unknown, release date: April 26, 1968.

Potentially hazardous substance spilled on Tokyo expressway

Potentially hazardous substance spilled on Tokyo expressway

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters in protective suits try to remove acrylamide, a potentially hazardous chemical substance, which was spilled near the Tomei Highway's Yokohama-Machida interchange in Tokyo on Feb. 12 after a tanker truck overturned there.

Japan highway

Japan highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows traffic congestion on the Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture as travelers return home at the end of the New Year holidays on Jan. 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan highway

Japan highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows traffic congestion on the Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture as travelers return home at the end of the New Year holidays on Jan. 2, 2018. In the background is Mt. Fuji. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Highway congested with travelers heading for New Year holidays

Highway congested with travelers heading for New Year holidays

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a congested Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture as travelers head for New Year holidays on Dec. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo