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Incheon Bridge, the longest in Korea and the seventh longest in the world, spans 21.38 kilometers over the West Sea, linking Incheon International Airport and New Songdo City. The last remaining part, supported by cables, was completed Friday. It is scheduled to open to traffic on Monday.
Via the Korea Times.
5:21 pm on October 17th, 2009 1
Nobody seems to agree on the length of this bridge. I read in many places that the bridge itself is 12.3 km long. Everyone seems to agree that the expressway 21.3km, though.
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October 17th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I guess it might vary depending on where you consider the start of the bridge. You can probably measure the longest part where the bridge is suspended, or count the ‘ramp’ where it leads to the suspended part etc. Anyways, I’ve been following news on this bridge and I’m happy to see it finally completed. Very beautiful!
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October 17th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Yes, it probably depends whether the trestle and the suspended bridge are distinct structures or two parts of a unit.
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4:40 am on October 18th, 2009 2
Another bridge for the Koreans to burn untold sums of resources illuminating.
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October 18th, 2009 at 10:10 am
They sure love to put floodlights along the highway here. You’d think that uranium grew on trees and nuclear waste could be made into toys for kids to play with.
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