Olympic Bridge
| Olympic Bridge | |
 | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 올림픽대교 |
| 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
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
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
- ^ "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.
37°32′02″N 127°06′14″E / 37.5340°N 127.1039°E / 37.5340; 127.1039
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