Incheon Bridge ( Korean: 인 천 대 교 ) Located in Incheon, northwest of South Korea, it is a cross-sea bridge connecting Yeongjong Island and Incheon. It crossed the Yellow Sea.
The length of the bridge is 13.3 mi (21.4 km ), the Bridge section length is 11.4 mi (18.4 km ), and the Length over water is 7.3 mi (11.7 km ). It started construction on July 1, 2005 and opened on October 16, 2005. The bridge cost 2300 billion won (about US $2 billion).
After the completion of the bridge, the Incheon International Airport on Yeongjong Island will be connected to the international business district of Shin Songdo City and Seoul, the capital of South Korea, reducing the time to Incheon International Airport on Yeongjong Island by nearly one hour.

History
Plan
- December 23, 1999: Incheon Bridge Co., Ltd. was established.
- February 28, 2000: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of South Korea accepted the Incheon Bridge private investment project proposal.
- July 4, 2001: Incheon Bridge Co., Ltd. was selected as the priority bidder for the Incheon Bridge project.

Construction
- July 01, 2005: Incheon Bridge started construction.
- October 16, 2009: Incheon Bridge held the opening ceremony.
- October 22, 2009: The bridge construction management was terminated.
- October 24, 2009: Incheon Bridge officially began operations.

Building technical parameters
The Incheon Bridge is 13.3 mi (21.4 km) long. It is divided into a bridge part and a land line part.
Main bridge
The main bridge is 11.4 mi (18.4 km) long and Length over water is 7.3 mi (11.7 km ). It has 6 lanes in both directions and the bridge deck is 110 ft (33.4 m) wide. It cost 1420 billion won (about US $1.2 billion).

Main channel bridge
The main channel bridge was built for the sea transportation line to Incheon Port. It is a reinforced concrete cable-stayed bridge. The main tower is 782 ft (238.5 m) high, and the clearance height under the bridge is 74 m (243 ft).
It has five spans: the center span is 2625 ft (800 m), and the side-by-side spans are 260 m (853 ft) and 80 m (262 ft).

Land line
The bridge has a 6.2 mi (10 km) long land line, it cost 862 billion won (about US $775 million),
The main design and construction contractor is a joint venture of Samsung C&T (Daelim, Daewoo, GS, Hanjin, Hanwha, Kumho). The entire bridge construction period is 52 months. The bridge is located in the seismically active area of East Asia, so the bridge adopts a seismic design.
Toll fee
- Small car: 2,750 won (US$2.4)
- Medium-sized car: 9,400 won (US$8.4)
- Large car: 12,200 won ($11)

Incheon Bridge Data
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- East Asia
- Status
- In use
- Official name
- 인천대교
- Location
- Incheon, South Korea
- Contractor
- Samsung C&T (Daelim, Daewoo, GS, Hanjin, Hanwha, Kumho)
- Designer
- Samsung C&T (Daelim, Daewoo, GS, Hanjin, Hanwha, Kumho)
- Official website
- incheonbridge.com
- Maintained by
- KODA Development
- Cost
- 2300 billion won (about US $2 billion)
- Began
- Jul-01, 2005
- Opened
- Oct-16, 2005
- Total length
- 13.3 mi ( 21.4 km )
- Tall (tower)
- 782 ft ( 238.5 m )
- Length over water
- 7.3 mi ( 11.7 km )
- Bridge section length
- 11.4 mi ( 18.4 km )
- Width
- 110 ft ( 33.4 m )
- Deck height
- 243 ft ( 74 m )
- Longest span
- 2625 ft ( 800 m )
- Design type
- Cable-stayed bridge
- Road scale
- 6 lanes
- Crosses
- Yellow Sea
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