Han River bridges ②

▲This photo, provided by John Rich, shows disconnected han river bridge due to Korean War. John Rich took the photo while working as NBC reporter for 3 years. (Yonhap)

▲This photo, provided by Seoul Historiography Institute, shows people who have gathered for building dedication ceremony of han river bridge. (Yonhap)

▲This photo, provided by Yeo Moon chaek, shows third Han river bridge in 1969. (Yonhap)

▲This photo shows expanded Hannam bridge to 12 roads. (Yonhap)

▲This photo, taken in 1995, shows opening of Shin-haeng-joo bridge. This bridge was open in Dec. 12 2000. (Yonhap)

▲This photo shows the scene of mantling concerte bridge deck of Seogang bridge. This bridge finished constructionn in 1999. (Yonhap)

▲This photo taken in 2008 shows han river bridge from Gandong side sky. Gwangjin bridge, Cheonho bridge, Olympic bridge from the right. (Yonhap)

▲This photo taken in 2012 shows walking event at Jamsu bridge. (Yonhap)

▲This photo shows Opening of Olympic bridge. The right bride is Seongsan bridge. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, August 27 (Yonhap) — There are 32 bridges that cross han river, lifeline of Seoul and Gyeonggi province. 28 are large bridges and 4 railroad bridges. The oldest bridge is Han river railroad, which was built for exclusive railroad transportation in 1900. In 1917, first foot bridge, Han river foot bridge opens. This bridge, now called Han river bridge, formed into a large bridge for cars through expansion construction and reconstruction in 1937. The youngest bridge is olympic bridge, opening in 1937. Some bridges were destroyed either during the war or due to poor construction. We have gathered the change of Han river bridges over a century. 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
 
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