Haengju Bridge

Haengju Bridge
Haengju Bridge in 2005
Korean name
Hangul
행주대교
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHaengju daegyo
McCune–ReischauerHaengju taegyo
The second Haengju Bridge collapsed during construction in 1992

The Haengju Bridge (Korean: 행주대교) crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the city of Goyang and the Gangseo District, Seoul.[1] The bridge was first completed in 1978,[2] but the bridge was very narrow and could not handle the increased traffic as the neighboring cities of Ilsan and Bucheon experienced housing booms.

Construction of the second bridge (called the New Haengju Bridge) adjacent to the original began in October 1987. During construction in 1992, the new bridge collapsed. Repairs took three more years, and the bridge opened in 1995.[3]

Construction on a third bridge began in the space between the first and the second in 1996 and finished in December 2000.[4] With the completion of the third bridge, the first bridge was closed. Currently, the second bridge handles southward traffic and the third bridge handles northward traffic.

  1. ^ "행주대교". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ "경인고속도로~통일로 연결 2차선 포장 개통 총연장 22km 57억원 투입". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 21 November 1978. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ "신행주대교 착공 7년5개월만에 19일 개통" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 18 May 1995. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ Jeon, Ikjin (13 December 2000). "제2 신행주대교 16일 개통". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2 December 2017.