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The Yeongdong Expressway () is an expressway in South Korea. Numbered 50, it connects the Seoul area with Gangwon Province. It is named from Yeongdong, an old name for Gangwon. The road has its western end in Namdong-gu of Incheon Metropolitan City. Its eastern end lies in
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near the east coast. From
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Gangneung Gangneung (; ) is a list of cities in South Korea, municipal city in Gangwon, South Korea, Gangwon province, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).Gangneung City (2003)Population & Households. Retrieved Ja ...
, the expressway covers 234.39 kilometers.


History

* 24 March 1971 : Singal~Saemal (
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) segment's construction begin. (Length 104 km) * 1 December 1971 : Singal~Saemal segment opens to traffic. (2 lanes) * 31 December 1973 : Yangji IC (
Yongin Yongin (; ) is a city in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million, the city has developed rapidly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in th ...
) opens to traffic. * 26 March 1974 : Saemal~Gangneung segment (Length 97 km) begins construction. * 14 October 1975 : Saemal~Gangneung segment opens to traffic. (2 lanes) * 10 April 1976 : Maseong IC opens to traffic. * 5 January 1977 : Deokpyeong IC opens to traffic. * 15 December 1988 : Connected of
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. * 12 April 1989 : Ansan~Singal Segment (Length 23.2 km) begins construction. (4 lanes) * 27 February 1991 : Seochang~Ansan Segment (Length 27.6 km) begins construction. (6 lanes) * 29 November 1991 : Ansan~Singal segment opens to traffic. * 6 November 1991 : Work begins to widen to 4 lanes in Singal~Wonju segment. * 6 July 1994 : Seochang~Ansan segment opens to traffic. * 12 December 1994 : Singal~Wonju widen to 4 lanes. * 24 November 1995 : Work begins to widen to 4 lanes in Wonju~Woljeong TG. * 30 July 1996 : Work begins to widen to 4 lanes in Woljeong TG~Hoenggye. * 27 December 1996 : Work begins to widen to 4 lanes in Hoenggye~Gangneung. * January 1997 : Work begins to widen to 6 lanes in Ansan~Singal. * 20 December 1997 : Wonju~Saemal widen to 4 lanes. * 15 July 1999 : Saemal~Woljeong TG widen to 4 lanes. * 22 July 2000 : Woljeong TG~Hoenggye widen to 4 lanes. * 2 May 2001 : Ansan~Singal widen to 4 lanes. * 28 November 2001 : Hoenggye~Gangneung widen to 4 lanes. * 31 October 2007 : Work begins to widen to 8 lanes in Singal~Hobeop. * 29 December 2010 : Singal~Yangji widen to 6 lanes. * 14 December 2011 : Yangji~Hobeop widen to 8 lanes. * 28 March 2013 : Seochang~Gunja widen to 10 lanes. * 3 September 2014 : Ladies' Code suffers a tragic car accident that leads to the deaths of members EunB and RiSe.


Gallery

File:Manjong JCT Yeongdong Expressway.jpg, Manjong JC (2007) (Junction to Jungang Expressway File:Hoenggye IC Yeongdong Expressway.jpg, Hoenggye IC (2007) File:Yeongdong Expressway Daegwanryeong 1 tunnel.jpg, Daegwallyeong 1st Tunnel (2007)


Compositions


Lanes

* Yeoju IC ~ Gangneung JC : 4 * Seochang JC ~ Wolgot JC, Gunja JC ~ Ansan IC, Ansan JC ~ N.Suwon IC, Yeoju JC ~ Yeoju IC : 6 * Ansan IC ~ Ansan JC, N.Suwon IC ~ Singal JC, Yongin IC ~ Yeoju JC : 8 * Wolgot JC ~ Gunja JC, Singal JC ~ Yongin IC : 10


Length

* 234.4 km


Limited Speed

* 100 km/h


List of facilities

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


See also

* Roads and expressways in South Korea * Transportation in South Korea


External links


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