Yi-Sun-sin Bridge
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 37 ″ N , 127 ° 42 ′ 12 ″ E
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | Access road to the Yeosu Industrial Complex | |
| Subjugated | Entrance to Gwangyangman Bay | |
| place | Yeosu , Jeollanam-do , South Korea | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 2260 m | |
| width | 29 m | |
| Longest span | 1545 m | |
| height | 273 m | |
| Headroom | 80 m | |
| start of building | October 2007 | |
| opening | May 10, 2012 | |
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The Yi-Sun-sin Bridge ( kor. 이순신 대교 ) is a suspension bridge opened in South Korea in 2012 . With a span of 1545 m, it is currently the fourth longest suspension bridge in the world. The entire structure is 2260 m long. The pylons are 273 m, the highest in the world. The roadway girder is 29 m wide and has four lanes.
The structure, originally called Gwangyang Bridge , leads the access road to the Yeosu Industrial Complex from Gwangyang to Myodo Island ( 묘도 ). Today the bridge is named after the Korean military leader Yi Sun-sin , whereby the year of birth of Yi Sun-sin corresponds to the central span of the bridge in meters .
The bridge crosses the entrance to the bay Gwangyangman ( 광양만 ) comprising a part of the Korea road is. At the north head of the bridge is one of the largest steelworks in the world, operated by POSCO . There is a large petroleum refinery at the south end .
The Yi-Sun-sin Bridge was designed by Yooshin Engineering Corporation and built by Daelim Industrial . Construction began in October 2007. In order to be able to complete the bridge by Expo 2012 , sliding formwork from an Austrian company was used for the concrete pylons . The bridge was opened on May 10, 2012, two days before the start of the world exhibition in Yeosu .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Yi Sun-Sin Bridge, Yeosu, Korea - fourth largest suspension bridge in the world. In: structurae. Retrieved September 8, 2013 .
- ↑ 우리나라 바다 에서 가장 높은 다리 는? In: Chosun Ilbo . February 7, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013 (Korean).
- ↑ Yi Sun-sin Bridge. In: Structurae
- ↑ Yi-Sun-sin Bridge before the opening . KBS World of April 30, 2012.