Gwangan Bridge links the 49 plaza, which is located at Namcheon-dong,
Suyeong-gu, with Centum City around Haeundae.
It is the longest cross-sea duplex bridge in Korea, whose
length reaches up to 7.42 kilometers. It has taken over eight
years to build up. The number of companies and persons worked
for the project was 28 and 1.6 millions, respectively. The
total cost spent on this project mounts up to K.W: 789.9 billions.
It consists of the central suspension bridge and a combination
of truss and steel box girders which are safely connected
to the each end of the central suspension bridge.
The suspension part of the bridge is longest in Korea,
and was desigued supervised and constructed solely by domestic
engineers. 360 meter duplex truss bridges are connected
to each end of the central suspension bridge. The bridge
was established to help transport import and export goods
fast and safe and to relieve city's traffic congestion.
It was designed to stand against the first level earthquake,
forty five meter-per-sec storm, and seven meter high sea.
It helps accelerate the development of domestic bridge designing
industry and strengthen the competitiveness.
From the bridge, you can see an outstanding view of the
ocean, Oryuk Islets, Mt. Hwangryeong around the bridge,
a white sandy beach, Dongbaek island, and Dalmaji hill.
Our state-of-the-art lighting technology takes you to a
fantastic world of hundreds thousands of magnificent colors.
This spectacular lighting brings you another joyful moment
in Busan. Especially, the bridge connects with the gigantic
convention center, "BEXCO", and high-tech futuristic
"Centum city".