Bridge Name: | Yeongjong Bridge |
Official Name: | Yeongjong Bridge |
Other Name: | Yeongjong Grand Bridge |
Carries: | highway, railway |
Locale: | Incheon, South Korea |
Design: | double-deck self-anchored suspension bridge |
Spans: | 3 |
Mainspan: | 300m (1,000feet) |
Length: | 4420m (14,500feet)[1] |
Begin: | November 1995 |
Complete: | December 2000[2] |
Cost: | $1.4billion USD |
Coordinates: | 37.5451°N 126.582°W |
The Yeongjong Bridge(영종대교) is a self-anchored suspension double-deck road-rail bridge located in Incheon, South Korea, linking Yeongjong Island to the Korean mainland. The bridge is part of the Incheon International Airport Expressway and was completed in 2000.
The total length of the bridge is 4420m (14,500feet), it includes a main suspension bridge section of 550m (1,800feet), a truss bridge section of 2250m (7,380feet) and a steel box girder bridge section of 1620m (5,320feet).
The main suspension bridge has two decks and carries both motor vehicles and AREX train.