Hangang Bridge
한강대교
A 1,005-metre bridge between Hangang-ro 3-ga in Yongsan-gu and Bon-dong in Dongjak-gu. It opened in 1917 as the Hangang Pedestrian Bridge, the first crossing of the river anyone could walk over; it was blown up during the Korean War in 1950 and not fully restored until 1958. Nodeulseom sits under its midpoint.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 한강대교
- Opening hours
- open at all hours
- Admission
- Free
- Length
- 1,005 m · The total span.
- Opened
- 1917 · The year it was completed, as the Hangang Pedestrian Bridge. It was destroyed in 1950 and fully restored on 15 May 1958; the widening finished in December 1981 brought the present name.
History
1917
The Hangang Pedestrian Bridge opens
Built as the first crossing of the Han that could be walked over.
1950
Blown up during the Korean War
15 May 1958
Fully restored
December 1981
Widening completed, renamed Hangang Bridge
Nearby
Ichon Hangang Park
A 10.2 km stretch of the north bank from Jungnangcheon Bridge at Geumho-dong to Mancheoncheon Bridge at Ichon-dong. Nodeulseom, the island under Hangang Bridge, is listed among this district's facilities — and the operator notes separately that the island's 120,462 m² is not counted in the park's own 922,185 m². The inline skating rink here covers 14,602 m², with a 400 m road track and a 200 m banked track.
Noryangjin Fisheries Market
The only market here that never closes for the night: wholesale and retail run around the clock, and the auction is a separate event with its own schedule.
Noryangjin Fisheries Market auction
The auction that starts at midnight every day inside Noryangjin Fisheries Market. The market never shuts; the auction takes Sunday off.
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A neighbourhood pizza shop. It appears in the film under another name.
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Where these facts come from
- Seoul Metropolitan Archives — Hangang Bridge: the 1,005m span, the two banks it joins, and the record of its opening, destruction, restoration and renaming ·
- OpenStreetMap — the Hangang Bridge relation (man_made=bridge), in Ichon 2-dong ·
- Korea Heritage Portal — Hangang Bridge, a Seoul registered cultural heritage item (registered 10 Sep 2020, the old bridge section) ·