Yeongjong Bridge
YonJong Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 37°32′42.5″N 126°34′55.1″E / 37.545139°N 126.581972°E |
| Carries | highway, railway |
| Locale | Incheon, South Korea |
| Official name | Yeongjong Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Yeongjong Grand Bridge[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | double-deck self-anchored suspension bridge |
| Total length | 4,420 m (14,500 ft)[2] |
| Longest span | 300 m (980 ft)[1] |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| History | |
| Construction start | November 1995[1] |
| Construction end | December 2000[3] |
| Construction cost | $1.4billion USD[4] |
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The Yeongjong Bridge(영종대교) is a
Yeongjong Island to the Korean mainland. The bridge is part of the Incheon International Airport Expressway
and was completed in 2000.
The total length of the bridge is 4,420 m (14,500 ft), it includes a main suspension bridge section of 550 m (1,800 ft), a truss bridge section of 2,250 m (7,380 ft) and a steel box girder bridge section of 1,620 m (5,310 ft).[2][3]
The main suspension bridge has two decks and carries both motor vehicles and AREX train.
See also
- Transportation in South Korea
- List of bridges in South Korea
- Incheon International Airport
- Incheon Bridge
References
- ^ a b c Yeongjong Bridge at Structurae
- ^ a b "Incheon Int'l Airport Expressway". Yeongjong Bridge. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ a b "Youngjong Bridge Heralds Advent of Three-dimensional, Self-anchored Suspension Bridge". NewsWorld Korea. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ Yeongjong Bridge, Samsung C&T, Engineering & Construction Americas, retrieved 14 August 2014
External links
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