Yangsan City Creates Scenic Lighting and Cultural-Historical Space at Hoeyagang Bridge

Launching the Hoeyagang Light-Line and Under-Bridge Cultural and Historical Space Project

Ungsang Branch Office in Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam, is launching the ‘Hoeyagang Light-Line and Under-Bridge Cultural and Historical Space Creation Project’ to improve the dark areas of Ungsang and the dark Hoeyagang River.

The bridges crossing the Hoeyagang River in the Ungsang area have no landscape facilities, and the streetlights along the Hoeyagang riverside walking path have low illumination, causing significant inconvenience to residents using the path.

Accordingly, the Ungsang Branch Office plans to create nighttime bridge landscape designs at a total of 10 bridges from Ssangheunggyo Bridge upstream to Dangchongyo Bridge downstream, including tile designs on the under-bridge walls, artworks depicting Ungsang’s landmarks and the Hoeyagang River, and will replace the low-illumination streetlights along the walking paths.

This project is one that Yangsan City announced as part of the Hoeyagang Renaissance Vision in March 2023, proceeded with design in 2024, and will issue related construction orders this year. The wall spaces under Ssangheunggyo, Hoeyaganggyo, Hosangyo, and Yongamgyo Bridges were selected through a survey using the Yangsan Love Card to reflect citizens’ opinions, choosing designs for the under-bridge spaces and cultural and historical elements of the Ungsang area.

Additionally, since the space under Hoeyaganggyo Bridge serves as a resting area for residents to escape the summer heat, the city plans to install design decks on the floor to improve the area so that people can cool off in a more pleasant spot by the Hoeyagang riverside.

The city initially planned the project for all bridges, but five bridges including Myeonggokgyo Bridge, which are part of the Hoeyagang disaster prevention project and will be reconstructed, are excluded from this project. When these bridges are reconstructed in the future, new designs will be created according to local conditions.

A Yangsan City official said, “As we have made a commitment to the residents of Ungsang regarding the Hoeyagang Renaissance project, we are steadily carrying out plans from small to large projects to transform the Hoeyagang riverside.”

Yangsan-si Hoeya River Renaissance Project.

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