Attraction
Olympicdaegyo Bridge
올림픽대교
Official name
About this place
Olympic Bridge connects Guui-dong in Gwangjin-gu with Pungnap-dong in Songpa-gu, Seoul. It was built as a lasting memorial to the 24th Seoul Olympics, a starting point for Korea’s globalization, and to manage traffic around the Olympic venues. Korea’s first concrete cable-stayed bridge, it extends 1.5㎞. Its 4 pylons stand 88m tall to represent the 88 Seoul Olympics and are shaped like an Olympic cauldron. The 4 pylons symbolize the 4 pillars of year, month, day and hour, the 4 seasons and the 4 directions; the 24 cables represent the 24th Seoul Olympics, giving the bridge notable artistic merit. Construction also created a 2,500-pyeong roadside park on the southern floodplain, together with 5 rings measuring 6m in diameter to symbolize global harmony and 24 commemorative sculptures. Built to commemorate the Seoul Olympics, it also made its mark on Korean bridge history as the country’s first concrete cable-stayed bridge whose form was chosen through an open design competition. ✨AI
- Address
- Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul ✨AI
- Korean address
- 서울특별시 송파구 신천동
- Opening hours
- Always open
- Closed days
- Open all year
