Editing Transport in South Korea (section)

==Roads==
{{Main|Road transport in South Korea}}
{{further|Expressways in South Korea}}

[[Image:Map of South Korea Expressway.PNG|left|thumb|Expressway arteries throughout South Korea]]

Highways in South Korea are classified as [[controlled-access highway|freeways]] (expressways/motorways), national roads and various classifications below the national level. Almost all freeways are [[toll highway]]s and most of the expressways are built, maintained and operated by [[Korea Expressway Corporation]] (KEC).

The freeway network serves most parts of South Korea. Tolls are collected using an [[electronic toll collection]] system. KEC also operates [[rest area|service amenities]] (dining and service facilities) en route.

There are also several privately financed toll roads. [[Nonsan-Cheonan Expressway]], [[Daegu-Busan Expressway]], [[Incheon International Airport Expressway]], [[Seoul-Chuncheon Expressway]] and parts of the [[Seoul Ring Expressway]] are wholly privately funded and operated [[Build-Operate-Transfer|BOT]] concessions. [[Donghae Expressway]] was built in cooperation between KEC and the National Pension Service.

[[Image:NoojiJCT IncheonInternationalAirportExpressWay.jpg|thumb|right|Approaching Seoul from [[Incheon International Airport]]]]

Total length of the South Korean road network was 86,989&nbsp;km in 1998. Of this, 1,996&nbsp;km was expressways and 12,447&nbsp;km national roads. By 2009, combined length of the expressways had reached approximately 3,000&nbsp;km, it mostly equal to the whole area of South Korea

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|-
!Total (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/eng/statisticsList/statisticsList_01List.jsp?vwcd=MT_ETITLE&parentId=I#SubCont|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151008113930/http://kosis.kr/eng/statisticsList/statisticsList_01List.jsp?vwcd=MT_ETITLE&parentId=I%23SubCont|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-10-08|title=Yearly Road Statistics|publisher=KOSIS|year=2014|access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref>
! Expressways
! National roads
! Paved
! Unpaved
|-
| 105,672&nbsp;km
| 4,138&nbsp;km
|13,708&nbsp;km
| 89,701&nbsp;km
| 8,218&nbsp;km
|}