Monday, September 6, 2010

Incheon Grand Bridge - 인천대교

Incheon Grand Bridge - 인천대교

Incheon Grand Bridge – South korea. 16 October 2009 – Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (“MKIF”) today announced that the Incheon Grand Bridge1 will open to traffic at 12:00 am on 19 October. At 12.3km long with a main cable stayed span of 800m the new Incheon Bridge will be one of the five longest of its type in the world. Its 33.4m wide steel/concrete composite deck will carry six lanes of traffic 74m above the main shipping route in and out of Incheon port and link the new Incheon International Airport on Yongjing Island to the international business district of New Songdo City and the metropolitan districts of South Koreas capital, Seoul. The cable stayed section of the crossing is 1480m long, made up of five spans measuring 80m, 260m, 800m, 260m and 80m respectively: height of the inverted Y main towers is 230.5m. A 1.8km approach span and 8.7km viaduct complete the crossing, both constructed with precast prestressed concrete box girder decks. Foundations are drilled piles 3m in diameter. Total cost is more than $1.4bn, which is funded through a Private Partnership in Investment (PPI), the first in South Korea to involve an outside strategic investor. APPROXIMATELY 40-MINUTE REDUCTION IN TRAVEL TIME TO INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM SOUTHERN PART OF SEOUL AND INCHEON CITY A SUBSTANTIAL ENHANCEMENT IN CONNECTIVITY TO INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM SOUTHERN PART OF GYEONGGI PROVINCE AND CHUNGCHEONG PROVINCE VIA THE 2ND AND 3RD KYUNGIN EXPRESSWAYS AND SEOHAEAN


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