Yeongdong Expressway


The Yeongdong Expressway is an expressway in South Korea. Numbered 50, it connects the Seoul area with Gangwon Province. The name is derived from Yeongdong, a historic region that includes the present-day Gangwon Province. The road has its western end in Namdong-gu of Incheon Metropolitan City. Its eastern end lies in Gangneung near the east coast. From Incheon to Gangneung, the expressway covers 234.39 kilometers.

History

  • 24 March 1971 : Singal~Saemal segment's construction begin.
  • 1 December 1971 : Singal~Saemal segment opens to traffic.
  • 31 December 1973 : Yangji IC opens to traffic.
  • 26 March 1974 : Saemal~Gangneung segment begins construction.
  • 14 October 1975 : Saemal~Gangneung segment opens to traffic.
  • 10 April 1976 : Maseong IC opens to traffic.
  • 5 January 1977 : Deokpyeong IC opens to traffic.
  • 15 December 1988 : Connected of Donghae Expressway.
  • 12 April 1989 : Ansan~Singal Segment begins construction.
  • 27 February 1991 : Seochang~Ansan Segment begins construction.
  • 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.

Compositions

Lanes

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