Seongsu Bridge

Seongsu Bridge Korean: 성수대교; Hanja: 聖水大橋
The rebuilt Seongsu Bridge in February 2008.
Coordinates	37°32′15″N 127°02′06″E / 37.5375°N 127.035°E / 37.5375; 127.035
Locale	Han River, Seoul, South Korea
Other name(s)	Sŏngsu Bridge
Maintained by	Seoul Metropolitan Government
Characteristics
No. of lanes	8 (formerly 4)
History
Constructed by	Dong Ah Construction Industrial Company [ko] (Old) Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Current)
Built	April 9, 1977-October 15, 1979
Construction cost	11.58 billion won (Old) 78 billion won (Current)
Rebuilt	April 26, 1995 - July 3, 1997
Collapsed	7:38 a.m. Korea Standard Time on October 21, 1994
Location

The Seongsu Bridge (Korean: 성수대교; Hanja: 聖水大橋), sometimes spelled Sŏngsu Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the Han River, connecting the Seongdong and Gangnam districts of Seoul, South Korea. The bridge began construction under Hyundai Engineering & Construction on April 26, 1995 and was opened to the public on July 3, 1997 by Seoul Mayor Cho Soon (조순; 趙淳).^[1] The original Seongsu Bridge was built in 1979, and was demolished and rebuilt following the Seongsu Bridge disaster on October 21, 1994.