Muan–Gwangju Expressway () also known as 12th Expressway is an

expressway in South Korea Expressways in South Korea (), officially called as National expressways (), are operated by the Korea Expressway Corporation. They were originally numbered in order of construction. Since August 24, 2001, they have been numbered in a scheme s ...

connecting Muan County to

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

. Formerly, this route designated as part of the Olympic Expressway but on January 3, 2008, it was separated into two segments that shared the same designation number with Gwangju-Daegu Expressway.

History

* November 8, 2007: Muan Airport IC - Naju IC (30.4 km) opened. * May 28, 2008: Naju IC - Unsu IC (11 km) opened. * September 29, 2009: West Gwangsan IC opened.국토해양부공고 제2009-859호
2009년 9월 29일.

Compositions

; Lanes * All section: 4 lanes ; Length * 41.35 km ; Speed limit * 100 km/h

Major stopovers

; South Jeolla Province * Muan County (Mangun-myeon - Hyeongyeong-myeon - Muan-eup) -

Hampyeong County Hampyeong County (''Hampyeong-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. History Hampyeong used to be called Jinguk(진국) in prehistoric times, and Mahan in the Samhan age. Mahan consisted of 54 smaller counties, and it is estim ...

(Hampyeong-eup - Eomda-myeon - Hakgyo-myeon - Daedong-myeon) - Naju (Munpyeong-myeon - Noan-myeon) ;

Gwangsan District Gwangsan District (Gwangsan-gu) is a district, similar to a ward, situated in the city of Gwangju, South Korea. The total population of the district, as of September 2004, is 295,294, and the population density of the district is 1,085 per 1 ...

(Dongsan-dong - Yonggok-dong - Yong-dong - Jijuk-dong - Seobong-dong - Seonam-dong - Unsu-dong)

List of facilities

*IC: Interchange, JC: Junction, SA: Service Area, TG:Tollgate

References

External links

Riding Muan-Gwangju Expressway

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South Korean Government The Government of South Korea is the union government of the South Korea, Republic of Korea, created by the Constitution of South Korea as the executive, legislative and judicial authority of the republic. The president acts as the head of sta ...