Olympic Bridge
| Olympic Bridge | |
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| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 올림픽大橋 |
| Revised Romanization | Ollimpik Daegyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ollimp'ik Taegyo |
The Olympic Bridge (Korean: 올림픽대교), also known as the Grand Olympic Bridge, is a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. The bridge links the Gwangjin and Songpa districts.
Construction[edit]
Its construction started in 1985, but was not completed until 1990, after the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988, because the bridge under construction had collapsed.
2001 military helicopter crash[edit]
On May 29, 2001, a CH-47D helicopter from ROK Army, attempting to lower a sculpture onto the top of the bridge, crashed and fell into the Han River, killing all three on board.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pick of the Week". 2 June 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Asia News Network Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ StrykerTrace (11 September 2009). "Chinook helicopter crash". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
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37°32′02″N 127°06′14″E / 37.5340°N 127.1039°E
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