Direct and Indirect Effects of Korea's Expressways (1970-2010)

Effets Directs et Indirects des Autoroutes en Coree (1970-2010)

Gyeongbu Expressway, 426 km long and built in 1970, has played a pivotal role in Korean economy since 1970. It connects Seoul and Busan and makes possible to do a one-day round trip between the major cities of South Korea. Due to expressway expansion, a variety of significant changes have happened since 1970. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita has gone up to 88 times from USD 254 in 1970 to USD 22,427 in 2011. The annual number of vehicles using expressways dramatically increased by 483 times in the same period. In the early 1990s the government established the 7 x 9 national expressway plan, consisting of seven corridors from south to north and nine corridors from east to west. The objective of the plan was to construct 6,527 km of expressways. This basic concept is still valid. If the planned expressways are completely constructed, it will be possible to access any one of the expressway interchanges within 30 minutes from everywhere in the country's mainland.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Authors:
  • Kim, Jonghak
  • Ko, Yongseok
  • Kim, Minyoung
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English
• French

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps;
• Pagination: pp 38-45
• Serial:
  • Routes/Roads
  • Issue Number: 367
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)
  • ISSN: 0004-556X
  • Serial URL: http://www.piarc.org/en/publications/Routes-Roads-Magazine/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Case studies; Economic impacts; Expressways; Road construction
• Identifier Terms: Gyeongbu Expressway
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway expansion
• Geographic Terms: Korea
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01576699
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 2015 4:28PM