Namhae Expressway
Template: Infobox trunk road / Maintenance / KR -E
Do ( province):
- Jeollanam -do
- Gyeongsangnam -do
- Busan
The 10 Expressway is an expressway in South Korea. The road is an east -west route through the south of the country, from the coastal region of Yeongnam about Suncheon to Busan. Together with the Expressway 25, it is a main route along the coast of Gwangju, one of the larger cities of the country. Busan is the second largest city in South Korea and has the fifth largest port in the world. The highway is 277 km long.
Street Description
The highway begins in Yeongnam in the extreme southwest of South Korea, near Mokpo. The highway has 2x2 lanes leading through the mountainous south of the country to the east and is not far from the coast. There are a few small towns in this part of the route, as Jangheung. You can reach Suncheon, a town with a population of 270,000, about 60 kilometers east of Gwangju. Here the Expressway 25 is crossed. The highway here has 2x2 lanes and leads through a hilly wooded area and winding river valleys, which are typical of South Korea. The path leads along Gwangyang with a small harbor, but here is one of the largest steel plants in the world. The Expressway has 10 sections of concrete and asphalt. Despite its proximity to the sea, it is only sometimes visible because the mountains are over 1300 meters high. The highway has therefore regularly bridges and tunnels.
Near Jinju is a junction with the Expressway 35, a major north -south highway, which runs from the south coast via Daejeon and Seoul. The highway runs first south of Jinju along and then turns inland from. Parallel to the highway here runs the route 2, which also has 2x2 lanes. The highway follows the valley of the river Namgang and reached Changwon. In Changwon the Expressway 10 runs through the city, while the Expressway 102 runs through the north of the city, for the passage of traffic to Busan. This city is also the starting point of the Expressway 45, which leads to Daegu.
Changwon is a new industrial city with 500,000 inhabitants. In the region around the city of 1.2 million people live. However, the only highway that runs through the northern area of the city and has 2x2 lanes. On the east side of the city includes the Expressway 102 again. The highway has from this location 2x4 lanes, to the intersection with the 104 Expressway, a feeder to the south of Busan. From Gimhae highway has 2x2 lanes again.
Busan is a great city with 3.6 million inhabitants, situated on the river Nakdong. On the west side of town is a junction with the Expressway 55, which runs to the north. Not much further the highway ends west of Busan on a side street which continues to the city center and the harbor.
History
Construction of the highway began in 1972 to connect with the port of Busan and the centers along the south coast of Korea allow. On November 14, 1973, the first section was opened in Busan. In 1978 began the construction further west between Busan and Gwangyang. In 1981 a section opened with a track and the second track in 1989. On 16 December 1993 the western part between Suncheon and Gwangyang was opened. In 2001, the section from Changwon between the 102 and 104 expressways was widened to 2x4 lanes. On April 27, opened in 2012, a 109 km long extension between the Yeongnam and Suncheon.
Traffic
The volume of traffic on the highway rises steadily towards the east from 17,000 to 100,000 vehicles per day.