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South Korea has a nationwide system of national highways (Korean: 국도; Hanja: 國道; RR: Gukdo), officially called as General national highways (Korean: 일반국도; Hanja: 一般國道; RR: Ilbangukdo), distinct from the expressways.
The current highway shield for expressways is inspired by U.S. highway signage, combining the shape of U.S. Highway shields with the red, white, and blue color scheme of U.S. Interstate shields which are the same colors used in the South Korean flag. Most of the expressway network is managed by the Korea Expressway Corporation. Since 2000 ...
Road transport is an essential element of the South Korean transport network, and vital part of the South Korean economy. The total length of the country's road and highway networks is 110,714 km. As of 2023, a total of about 25.85 million vehicles were registered. [2] South Korea has taken various
South Korea has seven highway systems. [1] National expressways (Korean: ...
Transportation in South Korea is provided by extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services and air routes that traverse the country. South Korea is the third country in the world to operate a maglev train, which is an automatically run people mover at Incheon International Airport .
These highways are basically managed by province level, but its routes are designated and controlled by the South Korean government. Also, most of 2-digits Local highways stand for planned extension route of the same-number national highways or candidates for upgrading to national routes.
Using the South Korean national highways 1-99 (Route 1 ~ Route 99) one can reach almost anywhere in South Korea. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
24 March 1967: Construction begins; 21 December 1968: Yangpyeongdong~Gajwa segment open to traffic.; 21 July 1969: Gajwa~Incheon Port segment open to traffic.; 12 November 1985: Korea National Expressway Corporation passes control of the northernmost 5 km stretch of expressway (between Sinwol and Yangpyeong-dong) to the City of Seoul.