Expressway 151 (South Korea)

Expressway 151 in South Korea
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Basic data
Operator:	Korea Expressway Corporation
Start of the street:	Seocheon
End of street:	Gongju
Overall length:	61 km
of which in operation:	61 km
Thu ( province ):	Chungcheongnam-do
Course of the road (1)  Seocheon -East ( 동서 천 ) Seocheon -East ( 동서 천 요금소 ) (2)  Seocheon -East ( 동서 천 ) (3)  Buyeo- West ( 서 부여 ) Buyeobaekje ( 부여 백제 휴게소 ) (4)  Buyeo ( 부여 ) (5)  Cheongyang ( 청양 ) Cheongyang ( 청양 휴게소 ) (6)  Gongju -West ( 서 공주 ) (7)  Gongju -West ( 서 공주 )

The Expressway 151 ( kor. 서천 공주 고속도로 ) is an expressway in South Korea . The highway is a regional north-south highway in the west of the country, between Seocheon and Gongju . The highway is 61 kilometers long.

Street description

The motorway begins at the town of Seocheon on Expressway 15 . The north-south highway runs to the west coast of South Korea. The motorway runs through forest and hilly landscape in the north in the Buyeo district . The number of runs is low as the area is not densely populated. West of the city of Gongju, the highway ends at Expressway 30 .

history

On December 17, 2001, construction of Expressway 151 began. Construction proceeded slowly as a number of tunnels and viaducts had to be built. The motorway was opened to traffic on May 28, 2009. With the opening of the motorway, travel time on this route has been reduced from 80 minutes to 40 minutes.

Opening dates of the motorway

from	to	length	date
Seocheon	Gongju	61 km	05/28/2009

Traffic volume

No data are yet available on the volume of traffic.

Expansion of the roadways

from	to	length	Lanes
Seocheon	Gongju	61 km	2x2

Web links

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Korean)
• Wegenwiki (Dutch)