Gwangju City Completes Girder Installation for Seongnam-Gwangju Road Expansion and Paving Project Section 2

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Gwangju City announced on the 29th that it has successfully completed the girder installation work at the construction site of Section 2 of the Seongnam-Gwangju Road (Local Route 338) expansion and paving project, which is underway around Mokhyeon-dong on the 25th.

The bridge girders installed this time are large structures totaling 200m in length. The installation was carried out by mobilizing state-of-the-art heavy equipment applying innovative construction methods, and all work proceeded as planned without setbacks under rigorous safety management systems.

The Seongnam-Gwangju Road Expansion and Paving Project Section 2 is being constructed from the Gwangju Agricultural Technology Center to the Tanbeol-dong area with an extension of 1.14 km, a width of 20m, and a four-lane structure in both directions, with total project costs of approximately 51.9 billion won.

With the completion of bridge girder installation, the overall project progress rate for Section 2 has reached approximately 58%. The city plans to complete the upper bridge structure work in the second half of this year and accelerate construction with the goal of opening Section 2 to traffic by January 2026.

The overall Seongnam-Gwangju Road Expansion and Paving Project extends 6.32 km, is 19-20m wide, requires total project costs of 216 billion won, and is being promoted in three sections.

Section 1 (2.32 km, from Sangdaewon-dong, Jung-gu, Seongnam City to Batmal Intersection in Mokhyeon-dong) already opened in 2021, and Section 2 (1.14 km, from Gwangju Agricultural Technology Center to Tanbeol-dong) is currently under construction. Section 3 (2.86 km, from Batmal Intersection to Gwangju Agricultural Technology Center) is currently in the supplementary design phase.

This project is expected to go beyond simple road expansion and paving to dramatically improve the transportation network in the southeastern metropolitan region and serve as key infrastructure driving sustainable regional growth.

Mayor Bang Se-hwan stated, "We will do our best to ensure the timely opening of the Seongnam-Gwangju Road, a long-cherished project of Gwangju citizens," and added, "We plan to actively and expeditiously promote various transportation infrastructure projects befitting a self-sufficient economic city with a population of 500,000."