Jungang Expressway
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The Expressway 55 also known as Jungang Expressway ( Kor. 중앙 고속도로, Jungang Gosok Doro ) is an expressway in South Korea. The highway is a north -south route in the eastern half of the country from the port city of Busan to Chuncheon in the north of the country. The highway is the most northerly in South Korea and also has the longest distance between two crosses namely between Daegu and Wonju. The highway is 387 km long.
Street Description
Busan
The highway begins in the west of Busan, the second largest city in South Korea in the far southeast of the country. The highway crosses the river Nakdong and then follow a link to Gimhae Airport, the main airport of Busan. The highway here has 2x2 lanes and in the area are more highways. Then the Expressway 10 is crossed, an east- west highway that comes from Gwangju and leads to Busan. The highway follows the river to the north and north to few kilometers of the expressway 551 is crossed, which connects the northern suburbs of Busan with the city and the Expressway 1.
To the east of South Korea
The highway then passes through a mountainous area and has a large number of tunnels and crosses Miryang and Cheongdo to Daegu, a city with 2.5 million inhabitants. The highway runs along the east side of Daegu and connects to the Expressway 1 Both highways lead north of Daegu along. It is then the Expressway 20 crossed, leading to the east coast in the direction of Pohang. On the north side of Daegu, the Expressway 55 and Expressway 1 disconnect.
The subsequent part of the highway passes through mountainous area with many tunnels. The highway runs through a sparsely populated part of South Korea and crossed over a greater distance no motorways and there are cities of regional importance in this part of the route. This part of South Korea consists of low hills up to 500 meters in height. About Yeongju the motorway runs to the north and then passes through a high mountain range with peaks up to 1400 meters. Then reach Wonju, a city about 190 kilometers north of Daegu. In Wonju crossing the Expressway 50, the northernmost coasts coastal highway in South Korea, Seoul Incheon and Gangneung over.
In the north of South Korea
The Expressway 55 runs then about 70 miles to the north, and is the northernmost highway from South Korea. The highway here runs about 80 kilometers east of Seoul along to the north, through a very mountainous area. In Chuncheon the motorway ends in a city highway, about 50 kilometers south of the border with North Korea.
History
The first section was opened on 12 December 1994 for a short distance between the Expressway 50 and Wonju. This was open to 2x2 lanes, together with the broadening of Expressway 50. Three days later, a second short piece of 1 Expressway was opened in Daegu.
On August 29, 1995, three sections were opened, from Chilgok after Uiseong, Chungju to Wonju and Chuncheon to Hongcheon. On 28 June 1996, the stretch of the Expressway 10 opened up to Busan. On June 1, opened in 2000, the missing connections between Daegu and Wonju. On 17 August 2001 a part of Wonju opened after Hongcheon, so the highway was more or less completed in its present form. The end of 2001 a new port was opened at Yecheon. On 25 January 2006 opened the highway from Daegu to Busan, Busan which got a second North -South Highway.
Opening the data highway
Traffic
The volume of traffic is to the south in the metropolitan areas is very high with up to 37,000 vehicles per day. In Daegu, where the Expressway 55 and Expressway connect 1 is the volume of traffic at about 56,000 vehicles per day. In the northern regions of the motorway, the traffic is much lower and is about 10,000 to 22,000 units per day.