The Jungang Expressway ( Korean : 중앙고속도로 ) is an expressway in South Korea . Its name literally means "Central Expressway," and for much of its length it runs through mountainous terrain near the country's east-west center line, including the national parks of Chiaksan and Sobaeksan . It covers a total distance of roughly 388.1 kilometers.
4-657: The southern end is in Sasang-gu , Busan , although for much of the distance between Busan and Daegu it runs together with the Gyeongbu Expressway . Its northern end is in Chuncheon , Gangwon Province . The expressway was completed in December 2001. There is also a short branch named Jungang Expressway Branch near the southern end. This is numbered 551. Chuncheon ~ Cheorwon section (63.0 km)
8-611: A passenger car is 8,500 won , slightly less than the cost of a KTX ticket between the two cities. Construction was completed in February 2006, at a total cost of slightly over 1 trillion won. The project was overseen by Hyundai Development Company , also known as I-Park, which has promoted the project under the name "I-Way." It was heavily supported by loans from the Korean Road Infrastructure Fund operated by Australia's Macquarie Bank . The term of
12-470: Is on the drawing boards. The Daegu–Busan Expressway is a segment of the Jungang Expressway which runs north from Daegu to Busan . Officially, it is part of the Jungang Expressway, but some maps use this name for this section. The estimated travel time between the two cities is roughly 1 hour, saving about half an hour over the previous travel time on the Gyeongbu Expressway . The toll for
16-656: The financing is 30 years. It has 4 lanes over a length of 82.05 km with a speed limit of 100 km/h. Sasang-gu Sasang District ( Korean : 사상구 ; RR : Sasang-gu ) is a gu in central Busan , South Korea. It has an area of 35.84 km , and a population of about 275,000. Sasang District became a gu of Busan in 1995. Sasang District is divided into 8 legal dong , which all together comprise 14 administrative dong , as follows: 35°09′04″N 128°59′24″E / 35.15111°N 128.99000°E / 35.15111; 128.99000 This South Korea location article
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