Incheon Bridge
Incheon Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 37°24′50″N 126°34′0″E / 37.41389°N 126.56667°E |
Carries | 6-lane expressway[1][2] |
Locale | Incheon, South Korea[1] |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed bridge,[1] arch bridge |
Total length | 21.38 kilometres (13.28 mi)[3] |
Width | 33.4 metres (110 ft)[2] |
Height | 230.5 metres (756 ft) (pylons)[3] |
Longest span | 800 metres (2,600 ft)[3] |
No. of spans | 5[1] |
Clearance below | 74 metres (243 ft)[3] |
History | |
Construction start | 2005[1] |
Construction end | 2009[1] |
Location | |
The Incheon Bridge (
The bridge provides direct access between
The section of the bridge crossing the sea, whose concessionaire is Incheon Bridge Corporation, is funded by the private sector. Korea Expressway Corporation and the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) managed the project.
The bridge is located to the south of the Yeongjong Bridge, which was the first bridge connection between Yeongjong Island and the mainland.
Construction
The main design and build contractor was Samsung C&T Corporation JV (
including federally funded approach roads. The 21.38-kilometre-long (13.3 mi) highway project consisted of government-built sections at three ends and a 12.34 kilometres (7.7 mi) section in the middle built with private capital.The bridge section is 18.38 km (11.4 mi) long. The bridge has a
Design
Because the bridge is situated in a known seismically active region, a seismic design of the substructure was adopted.[4]
At 12.3 km long, with a main cable stayed span of 800m, the new Incheon Bridge is one of the five longest of its type in the world. Its 33.4m wide steel/concrete composite deck carries six lanes of traffic 74 m above the main shipping route in and out of Incheon port and links Incheon International Airport on Yeongjong Island to the international business district of New Songdo City and the metropolitan districts of South Korea's capital, Seoul. The cable stayed section of the crossing is 1,480 m long, made up of five spans measuring 80 m, 260 m, 800 m, 260 m and 80 m respectively: height of the inverted-Y main towers is 230.5 m. A 1.8 km approach span and 8.7 km viaduct complete the crossing, both constructed with precast prestressed concrete box girder decks. Foundations are drilled piles 3 m in diameter.[7] In order to accommodate movement between the bridge decks, the Incheondaegyo was equipped with expansion joints weighing up to 50 tons per joint.
Notable incidents
On May 20, 2010, twelve passengers were killed in a bus crash at the bridge.
In popular media
- Rough Cut: The bridge, under construction, was used as a backdrop for a fight sequence and appeared in promotional images for the film
Gallery
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main span of Incheon Bridge under construction
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The cable stayed section
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Road view approaching the cable-stayed section
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The toll gate, on Yeongjong Island
References
- ^ a b c d e f Incheon Bridge at Structurae
- ^ a b "Incheon Bridge, Seoul – Road Traffic Technology". London, England; Melbourne, Australia: Net Resources International. Archived from the original on December 11, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "사업소개" [Business Introduction]. Incheon Bridge (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ a b "Incheon bridge". arup.com. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ "Halcrow: Incheon bridge". halcrow.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ Evan Ramstad (October 19, 2009), Longest Bridge in Korea Opens to Traffic Monday, Wall Street Journal, retrieved August 13, 2014
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