Expressway 20 (South Korea)

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	Expressway 20 in South Korea
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	Basic data
Operator:	Korea Expressway Corporation
Start of the street:	Iksan
End of street:	Pohang
Overall length:	239 km
of which in operation:	129 km
of which in planning:	110 km
Thu ( province ):	Jeollabuk-do; Daegu; Gyeongsangbuk-do;

The Expressway 20 is an expressway in South Korea . The highway consists of two parts that form an east-west route through the south of the country. The western section runs between Expressway 25 at Iksan and Expressway 35 at Jangsu, and the eastern section runs between Daegu and Pohang . In total, the motorway is 129 kilometers long.

Street description

Western part

The highway begins between Iksan and Wanju / Jeonju at an intersection with Expressway 25. The highway initially runs through a large coastal plain, to the east are the mountains near Jeonju. In this area there are steep, wooded slopes and peaks up to 700 meters in height. The motorway runs through some tunnels and viaducts . The main place on the route is Jinan City . The rest of the route is very sparsely populated. A little further east, the mountains are higher, with a height of up to 1100 meters. Northeast of Jangsu, this part ends at an intersection with Expressway 35 .

Eastern part

The eastern part begins at Daegu Airport . Daegu is one of the largest cities in South Korea with 2.5 million inhabitants. Immediately after the airport, you cross Expressway 1 , the axis from the southeastern port city of Busan to Seoul . The motorway also runs through a mountainous area with many tunnels. River valleys that are tributaries of the great Nakdonggang are crossed regularly . The highway runs through Yeongcheon to Pohang , a coastal city of 500,000 people on the east coast.

history

Expressway 20 is a fairly new freeway. The first section opened in 2001 between Jangsu and Expressway 35 . The eastern section between Daegu and Pohang opened on December 15, 2004. On December 13, 2007, the rest of the western section between Iksan and Jangsu opened.

Opening dates of the motorway

from	to	length	date
Jangsu	Jangsu	2.1 km	00.00.2001
Dodong	Pohang	68.4 km	07/12/2004
Iksan	Jangsu	58.9 km	12/13/2007

Traffic volume

The volume of traffic on the motorway is low in the western part and is around 3,000 to 10,000 vehicles per day and in the eastern part it is slightly higher with around 18,000 to 28,000 vehicles per day.

Expansion of the roadways

from	to	length	Lanes
Iksan	Pohang	129 km	2 × 2

Web links

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