The Jungang Expressway () is an

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. Its name literally means "Central Expressway," and for much of its length it runs through mountainous terrain near the country's east-west center line, including the national parks of

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and

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. It covers a total distance of roughly 388.1 kilometers. The southern end is in

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, although for much of the distance between

and Daegu it runs together with the

Gyeongbu Expressway The Gyeongbu Expressway ( ko, 경부고속도로; ''Gyeongbu Gosokdoro'') (Asian Highway Network ) is the second oldest and most heavily travelled expressway in South Korea, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, Gyeongju, Ulsan a ...

. Its northern end is in

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, Gangwon Province. The expressway was completed in December 2001. There is also a short branch named

Jungang Expressway Branch The Jungang Expressway Branch () is an expressway in South Korea. It connects Gimhae to Yangsan of South Gyeongsang Province. The expressway's route number is 551. It link Namhae Expressway(Gimhae) and Gyeongbu Expressway(Yangsan). and doesn't ...

near the southern end. This is numbered 551.

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section (63.0 km) is on the drawing boards.

History

* September 20, 1989 : Under Construction (Chuncheon ~ Daegu) * December 15, 1994 : Geumho JCT ~ Chilgok (6.1 km), S.Wonju ~ Manjong JCT (6.2 km) section opened the traffic. (2 Lanes) * August 29, 1995 : Chilgok ~ W.Andong (79.8 km), S.Jecheon ~ S.Wonju (30.1 km), Hongcheon~Chuncheon (25.2 km) Section opened the traffic. (2 Lanes) * July 1, 1999 : Gangseo Nakdongganggyo (br) (강서낙동강교, 1.6 km) opened the traffic. * September 16, 1999 : W.Andong ~ Yeongju section opened the traffic. * June 1, 2000 : Chilgok ~ W.Andong, Yeongju ~ Punggi (9.5 km), Jecheon ~ S.Wonju (37.6 km), Hongcheon ~ Chuncheon (26.2 km) opened the traffic. (4 Lanes) * February 12, 2001 : construction began on the Daegu-Busan Expressway segment * August 17, 2001 : Manjong JCT ~ Hongcheon (42.5 km) opened the traffic. * December 14, 2001 : Punggi ~ Jecheon (51.2 km) opened the traffic. * January 2005 : East Daegu Junction ~ East Daegu IC Section opened the traffic. * January 15, 2006 : East Daegu JCT ~ Daedong JCT (Daegu-Busan Expressway) section opened the traffic.

Information

Lanes

* Samnak IC ~ Chojeong IC, Daedong JC ~ E.Daegu JC, Geumho JC ~ Chuncheon IC : 4 Lanes * Chojeong IC ~ Daedong JC : 6 Lanes * E.Daegu JC ~ Geumho JC : 8 Lanes

Lengths

* Total: 388.10 km

Speed limit

* Samnak IC ~ Daedong JC, E.Daegu JC ~ Chuncheon IC : 100 km/h * Daedong IC ~ E.Daegu JC: 110 km/h

Daegu–Busan Expressway

The Daegu–Busan Expressway is a segment of the Jungang Expressway which runs north from Daegu to

. Officially, it is part of the Jungang Expressway, but some maps use this name for this section. The estimated travel time between the two cities is roughly 1 hour, saving about half an hour over the previous travel time on the

. The toll for a passenger car is 8,500 won, slightly less than the cost of a

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ticket between the two cities. Construction was completed in February 2006, at a total cost of slightly over 1 trillion won. The project was overseen by

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, also known as I-Park, which has promoted the project under the name "I-Way." It was heavily supported by loans from the Korean Road Infrastructure Fund operated by Australia's

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. The term of the financing is 30 years. It has 4 lanes over a length of 82.05 km with a speed limit of 100 km/h.

List of facilities

* IC: Interchange, JC: Junction, SA: Service Area, TG:Tollgate ** Blue Section (■): reiteration section of

() ** (■): Daegu-Busan Expressway

References

External links

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Expressway profile in Korean
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