Yeongjong Bridge
The Yeongjong Bridge(영종대교) is a self-anchored suspension double-deck road-rail bridge located in Incheon, South Korea, linking Yeongjong Island to the Korean mainland. The bridge is part of the Incheon International Airport Expressway and was completed in 2000.
| Yeongjong Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 37°32′42.5″N 126°34′55.1″E | 
| Carries | highway, railway | 
| Locale | Incheon, South Korea | 
| Official name | Yeongjong Bridge | 
| Other name(s) | Yeongjong Grand Bridge[1] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Design | double-deck self-anchored suspension bridge | 
| Total length | 4,420 m (14,500 ft)[2] | 
| Longest span | 300 m (980 ft)[1] | 
| No. of spans | 3 | 
| History | |
| Construction start | November 1995[1] | 
| Construction end | December 2000[3] | 
| Construction cost | $1.4billion USD[4] | 
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The total length of the bridge is 4,420 m (14,500 ft), of which the main suspension bridge takes 550 m (1,800 ft), a truss bridge 2,250 m (7,380 ft) and a steel box girder bridge 1,620 m (5,310 ft).[2][3]
The main suspension bridge has two decks and carries motor vehicles and AREX train.

Yeongjong Bridge upper deck

Yeongjong Bridge lower deck with AREX train
References
    
- Yeongjong Bridge at Structurae
- "Incheon Int'l Airport Expressway". Yeongjong Bridge. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- "Youngjong Bridge Heralds Advent of Three-dimensional, Self-anchored Suspension Bridge". NewsWorld Korea. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- Yeongjong Bridge, Samsung C&T, Engineering & Construction Americas, retrieved 14 August 2014
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