Olympic Bridge
Construction
The bridge was meant to celebrate the 1988 Summer Olympics, which were to be held in Seoul. A design contest for the bridge began in 1984, and the design was selected by April 1985.
Construction on the bridge started in November 1985. It opened on November 15, 1989, after the games; it was delayed as part of the foundation 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.
References
- ^ 변, 근주, "올림픽대교 (Olympics大橋)", Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-07-14
- ^ "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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