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=== Jamsu Bridge ===
Beneath Banpo Bridge is
▲Beneath Banpo Bridge is Jamsu Bridge. Jamsu Bridge is intended for pedestrian usage. It often hosts cultural events such as a yearly fall market with live music and food trucks.{{Cn|date=June 2024}} During periods of high rainfall, the Jamsu Bridge is designed to submerge as the water level of the river rises, as the lower deck lies close to the waterline.<ref>{{Citation |last=변 |first=근주 |title=잠수교 (潛水橋) |work=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0048181 |access-date=2024-06-19 |publisher=[[Academy of Korean Studies]] |language=ko}}</ref>
It often hosts cultural events such as a yearly fall market with live music and food trucks.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}
== History ==
The lower Jamsu Bridge was completed in 1979, before Banpo Bridge.<ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=변 |first=근주 |title=반포대교 (盤浦大橋) |work=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0021568 |access-date=2024-06-19 |publisher=[[Academy of Korean Studies]] |language=ko}}</ref> Banpo Bridge began construction on August 11, 1980 and was completed on November 1982.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2013 |title=Banpo Grand Bridge |url=http://structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0006573 |accessdate=22 April 2009 |work=[[Structurae]] |publisher=Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag.}}</ref> It cost <s>[[South Korean won|W]]</s>22 billion to build (US$20 million).{{Cn|date=June 2024}} Its construction was intended to reduce traffic load on the [[Hangang Bridge]].<ref name=":2" />
Jamsu Bridge was made into an elevated arch shape in 1986, in order to accommodate tourist cruise ships passing underneath it.<ref name=":2" />
The bridge went under repairs from December 30, 1994 to June 30, 1996.<ref name="seoulmetro" /> It underwent more repairs from December 1998 to 2002. From October 2003 and 2005, it was repaved.<ref name=":2" />
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