Incheon Bridge Project

Incheon City, Republic of Korea

It's another year, and another mammoth bridge has been erected in Asia. South Korea's Incheon Bridge is not an iconic design, nor is it a revolution in advanced construction materials. And as with Cowboys Stadium, its value is as a revenue generator, promoting business growth in the region, rather than shoring up some lamentable or life-threatening gap in residents' daily lives. It is big, though, with an 800-meter-long-main span that's the largest for a cable-stayed bridge in the nation, and the fifth largest globally. Segments of the bridge, which is actually a series of bridges, called for the use of a 3000-ton floating crane. The Incheon's real innovation might be its financial underpinnings and project management. The bridge was paid for by a combination of government funding and private investment from Korean and foreign parties. This is still relatively uncharted territory for major infrastructure projects, and while the completion of the Incheon is a promising start, the success or failure of these kinds of public-private works will be measured in decades.

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