Pyongyang–Kaesong Motorway
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| 평양개성고속도로 | |
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| Route information | |
Part of AH1 | |
| Length | 170 km (110 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Tongil Street / Chungsong Bridge,Rangnang-guyok,Pyongyang |
| Pyongyang–Wonsan Tourist Motorway,Kangnam-gun,North Hwanghae Sariwon–Sincheon Motorway,Hwangju-gun,North Hwanghae | |
| South end | Entrance toJoint Security Areaand theKorean Demilitarized Zone,Kaesong Industrial Region,North Hwanghae |
| Location | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Highway system | |
ThePyongyang-Kaesong Motorway(Korean:평양개성고속도로;Hancha:Bình Nhưỡng – khai thành cao tốc con đường), is acontrolled-access highwayinNorth Korea.It connects the capitalPyongyangto theJoint Security Areaat theKorean Demilitarized ZoneviaSariwonandKaesong.The distance toSeoulinSouth Koreais present on signs on the highway, although it is not possible to cross the border to South Korea.
It is 170 km (110 mi) long,[1]with multiple paved lanes and several tunnels. Tourists have reported that there is very light traffic,[2]as well as multiple checkpoints[3]andtank traps.[4]
Construction began in 1987 in preparation for the13th World Festival of Youth and Studentsto be held in Pyongyang in 1989. The project was economically ill-advised because North Korea had hitherto consistently focused on developing railway links for transport, diminishing the need for new expressways.[5]Construction finished on April 15, 1992,the birthdayof North Korea presidentKim Il Sung.The entire highway is part ofAsian Highway 1.
References
[edit]- ^Sharpe, M. E. (2003).North Korea Handbook.Yonhap News Agency. p. 396.
- ^apathseeker No real name given + Add Contact (7 October 2007)."Reunification Highway | Flickr - Photo Sharing!".Flickr.Retrieved2012-02-25.
- ^""Reunification Highway" P'anmunjom-ni Things to Do Tip by Willettsworld ".Members.virtualtourist. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-01-31.Retrieved2012-02-25.
- ^isa_adsr Michael Day+ Add Contact (2011-09-02)."Tank traps | Flickr - Photo Sharing!".Flickr.Retrieved2012-02-25.
- ^Hy-Sang Lee (2001).North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress.Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 144.ISBN978-0-275-96917-2.
External links
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