Road in South Korea
Seohae Bridge Haengdamdo Service Area The Seohaean Expressway (Korean : 서해안 고속도로; Seohaean Gosok Doro), meaning "West Coast Expressway", is a freeway in South Korea , connecting Mokpo to Gunsan , Dangjin , and Seoul .
It is numbered 15. The entire length from Seoul to Mokpo is 345 km and the posted speed limit is 110 km/h, enforced primarily by speed cameras. It is connected of Seohae Grand Bridge in Pyeongtaek to Dangjin.
The branch expressways of the Seohaean Expressway are Seocheon–Gongju Expressway and Pyeongtaek–Siheung Expressway .
Typical facilities of this expressway is Seohae Bridge (Korean : 서해대교; Seohae Daegyo) which the total length of 7.3 km linking the Pyeongtaek (Gyeonggi Province ) and Dangjin (Chungnam Province ). The bridge is the third long bridge in the Republic of Korea .
The highway is a major highway linking the Seohaean Region(서해안권) for the first north–south axis (남북 제1축), the road through the South Jeolla Province , North Jeolla Province , South Chungcheong Province , Gyeonggi Province .
History December 1991 – Construction begin May 1993 – Construction begin of Seohae Grand Bridge 6 July 1994 – Seoul–Ansan segment opened to traffic. 17 December 1996 – Ansan–Pyeongtaek segment opened to traffic. 25 August 1998 – Mokpo–Muan segment opened to traffic. 30 October 1998 – Gunsan–Seocheon segment opened to traffic. 10 November 2000 – Seohae Grand Bridge segment opened to traffic. and Pyeongtaek–Dangjin segment opened to traffic. 27 September 2001 – Dangjin–Seocheon segment opened to traffic. 21 December 2001 – The last segment, Gunsan–Muan segment opened to traffic. 30 July 2010 – Work begins to widen to 8 lanes in Ansan–Iljik Junction. 23 November 2011 – Jungnim Junction opened to traffic. October 2014 – Seohae Bridge – W. Pyeongtaek Junction Section (10.3 km) road expansion started construction. November 2014 – The 10-lane expansion of the Ansan JCT – Jonam JCT (2.9 km) section was completed. June 2015 – The 10-lane expansion of the Jonam JCT – Mokgam IC (3.2 km) section was completed. 23 December 2015 – The 10-lane expansion of the Mokgam IC – Iljik JCT (3.8 km) section was completed. 3 July 2016 – Soha Junction opened to traffic.
Compositions
Lanes Mokpo IC – Dangjin JC, Iljik JC-West Seoul End: 4 Dangjin JC – Bibong IC, Maesong IC-Ansan JC, Jonam JC–Mokgam IC: 6 Mokgam IC – Iljik JC, Bibong IC – Maesong IC, West Seoul TG-Jonam JC: 8 Ansan-Iljik, Yangjae-Giheung, unjung Bridge and Seoul Ring Road (Rigid Pavement) 130 km JC – : 10
Length 346.1 km (215.1 mi)
Speed limits Jungnim JC – Maesong IC : 110 km/h Maesong IC – Seoul(Geumcheon) : 100 km/h Mokpo – Jungnim JC : 90 km/h
List of facilities IC : Interchange, JC : Junction, SA : Service area, TG :Tollgate
Events MBC's Entertainment program, Infinite Challenge held a <Seohaean Expressway Festival> in Haengdam Island Service area in June 2011.
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