Seongsu Bridge
Template:Short description Template:Main other{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox bridge with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|mapframe_args=y| also_known_as | alt | aqueduct_name | architect | begin | below | bridge_name | builder | built | capacity | caption | carries | child | clearance | clearance_above | clearance_below | closed | collapsed | complete | contracted_designer | coord_format | coordinates | cost | crosses | dedicated | demolished | depth | design | designer | destroyed | diameter | downstream | electrification | embed | embedded | ends | engineering | extra | fabricator | fetchwikidata | first_diameter | first_length | followed | gauge | height | heritage | id | id_type | image | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | inaugurated | lanes | length | life | load | locale | location | mainspan | maint | maintained | material | material1 | material2 | name | named_for | native_name | native_name_lang | notrack | num_track | number_spans | official_name | onlysourced | open | opened | opening | os_grid_reference | other_name | owner | passable | piers_in_water | pierswater | preceded | qid | rebuilt | references | replaced_by | replaces | second_diameter | second_length | spans | starts | structure_gauge | third_diameter | third_length | toll | towpath | track_gauge | traffic | traversable | upstream | website | width | winner }}Template:Main other The Seongsu Bridge (Template:Korean), sometimes spelled Sŏngsu Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the Han River, connecting the Seongdong and Gangnam districts of Seoul, South Korea. The bridge began construction under Hyundai Engineering & Construction on April 26, 1995 and was opened to the public on July 3, 1997 by Seoul Mayor Cho Soon (Template:Korean).<ref name=":12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The original Seongsu Bridge was built in 1979, and was demolished and rebuilt following the Seongsu Bridge disaster on October 21, 1994.
History
Original bridge
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The original Seongsu Bridge was built by Dong Ah Construction Industrial Company, opening to the public on October 15, 1979.<ref name=":02">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":12"/> The bridge spanned Template:Convert and was Template:Convert wide, accommodating 4 lanes of traffic.<ref name=":13">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fifteen years later, on the morning of October 21, 1994, a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, killing 32 people and injuring 17 others.<ref name=":02" /> The collapse was ruled a result of poor welding, rusted extension hinges, and lack of general maintenance— and would result in the convictions of 16 city government and construction workers on charges of criminal negligence.<ref name=":16">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the aftermath of the disaster, the Seoul Metropolitan Government originally planned to repair and reopen the bridge to traffic within three months, but reversed course after public outcry.<ref name=":14">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp
New bridge
Construction for the new bridge began in March 1996 under Hyundai Engineering & Construction. Construction for the replacement bridge cost 78 billion won (equivalent to ₩Template:Inflation billion in Template:Inflation/yearTemplate:Inflation/fn), about 6.8 times the original price.<ref name=":132">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> The new bridge was opened to the public on July 3, 1997, by Mayor Cho Soon, and a memorial was held on the bridge.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":26">Template:Citation</ref>
See also
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