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.
Olympic Bridge | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 올림픽대교 |
Hanja | 올림픽大橋 |
Revised Romanization | Ollimpik Daegyo |
McCune–Reischauer | Ollimp'ik Taegyo |
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.
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]
37°32′02″N 127°06′14″E / 37.5340°N 127.1039°E