Expressway 30 (South Korea)

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	Expressway 30 in South Korea
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	Basic data
Operator:	Korea Expressway Corporation
Start of the street:	Dangjin
End of street:	Yeongdeok
Overall length:	282 km
of which in operation:	198 km
of which under construction:	84 km
Thu ( province ):	Chungcheongnam-do; Daejeon; Chungcheongbuk-do; Gyeongsangbuk-do;

The Expressway 30 is a freeway in South Korea . The highway is an east-west route through the west and center of the country, from Dangjin on the west coast via Daejeon to Sangju in the middle of the country. The street is partially numbered twice with Expressway 1 . The route is 198 kilometers long.

Street description

Immediately south of Dangjin City, Expressway 30 begins at an intersection with Expressway 15 . The highway then runs southeast and follows a wide valley. Then the route leads through the mountains with several road tunnels. After about 70 kilometers the town of Gongju and a junction with a new highway follow . The new capital of South Korea could be built here. On the west side of Gongju is an intersection with Expressway 151 . The intersection with Expressway 25 follows shortly afterwards . The highway runs southeast towards the city of Daejeon.

Daejeon is one of the larger cities in South Korea with 1.4 million inhabitants. The expressway reaches the city ring in the west and is also part of it. To the south is Expressway 251 which comes from the southwest. The highway has 2 × 2 lanes here. In the north of Daejeon, Expressway 35 and Expressway 1 join with Expressway 30 and then head north. This triple numbering is approx. 20 kilometers and has 2 × 4 lanes.

The highways separate south of Cheongwon , Expressway 30 leads east, Expressway 1 continues to Seoul. The motorway comes through a mountainous area with steep mountains up to 1,000 meters high. There are mostly small towns and a few road crossings. Immediately after Sangju , Expressway 30 ends at an intersection with Expressway 45 .

history

Expressway 30 is a new highway. The road was approved in 1997 and opened on November 28, 2007 with the first section between Cheongwon and Sangju. Between May 28, 2009 and December 2009, the western part of Daejeon to Dangjin was opened to traffic.

Opening dates of the motorway

from	to	length	date
Cheongwon	Nakdong	79.7 km	11/28/2007
Dangjin	Yuseong	91.9 km	05/28/2009

future

On December 18, 2009, a 110.7 kilometer extension to the east coast was built. This will be connected to Expressway 65 , which is also under construction . The motorway is to be opened in December 2015, with which Expressway 30 should have a total length of approx. 282 kilometers. The route runs through a mountainous part of South Korea, which requires many tunnels.

Traffic volume

The volume of traffic on the motorway is low and is around 20,000 to 30,000 vehicles per day, except for the merger with Expressway 1 and Expressway 35 there, the traffic volume is much higher at up to 112,000 vehicles per day.

Expansion of the roadways

from	to	length	Lanes
Dangjin	Daejeon	96 km	2 × 2
Daejeon	Cheongwan	20 km	2 × 4
Cheongwan	Sangju	80 km	2 × 2

Web links

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