The Honam Expressway (; Honam Gosok Doro) is an expressway serving the

Honam Honam (; literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, Jeju Province and Jeonbuk State. The name "Jeonla-do" is used i ...

region in

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. The freeway connects

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on the Nonsan-Cheonan Expressway and Honam Expressway Branch Line to

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and

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on the Namhae Expressway. The freeway's route number is 25. The Honam Expressway Branch (''Honam Gosokdoroui Jiseon''), (호남고속도로의지선) is route number 251, and connects

on the Honam Expressway to

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on the

Gyeongbu Expressway The Gyeongbu Expressway (; Asian Highway Network ) is the second oldest and most heavily travelled expressway in South Korea, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, South Korea, Gumi, Daegu, Gyeongju, Ulsan and Busan. It has the route numb ...

History

* April 15, 1970: Construction Begin * December 30, 1970:

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section (79.1 km) opened to traffic. * November 14, 1973:

section (181.6 km) opened to traffic. * June 1, 1978: Begins becoming charged. * April 25, 1983: Work begins to widen to four lanes in Daejeon-Jeonju Section. * June 30, 1986: The 4-lane expansion of the Daejeon–Jeonju section was completed. * September 11, 1986: The 4-lane expansion of the Jeonju–

section was completed. * September 1, 1989: The 4-lane expansion of the section in

(W.Gwangju IC-Goseo JCT) was completed. * November 8, 1996: The 4-lane expansion of the

section was completed. * January 1, 1999: West Jeonju Interchange (서전주IC) opened to traffic. * August 25, 2001: Divides between Honam Expressway (Suncheon–Nonsan) to Honam Expressway Branch (Nonsan-Daejeon) * August 31, 2002: Naejangsan IC (내장산IC) opened to traffic. * December 29, 2004: Dongnim IC (동림IC) opened to traffic. * May 15, 2007: Sanwol JCT (산월분기점) opened to traffic. * December 17, 2009: The eight-lane expansion of the Munheung-Goseo section was completed and Munheung JCT (문흥분기점) opened to traffic. * July 20, 2010: The six-lane expansion of the East Gwangju-Munheung section was completed. * October 27, 2010: The six, eight-lane expansion of the Samnye-Nonsan section was completed. * August 1, 2012: Motjae Tunnel (못재터널) opened to traffic. * January 20, 2016: North Gwangsan Interchange (북광산IC) opened to traffic.

Compositions

Lanes

* W. Suncheon IC–Goseo JC, E. Gwangju IC–Samnye IC: 4 * Munheung JC–E. Gwangju IC, Samnye IC–Iksan JC: 6 * Goseo JC–Munheung JC, Iksan JC–Nonsan JC: 8

Length

194.22 km

Speed limits

* 100 km/h

List of facilities

*IC: Interchange, JC: Junction, SA: Service area, TG:Tollgate

Branch line (Nonsan-Daejeon)

* see Honam Expressway Branch

External links

KEC
( Korea Expressway Corporation)
MOLIT

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