Opening of Paju-Yangju section of the 2nd Ring Expressway in the Seoul metropolitan area

The Paju-Yangju section of the 2nd Ring Expressway in the Seoul metropolitan area opened at 2 p.m. today.

The opening section is a 19.6km-long four-lane road connecting Paju-eup, Gyeonggi-do and Hoeam-dong, Yangju, with construction costs of 1.4 trillion won.

The opening reduced the driving distance from Paju-eup to Hoeam-dong, Yangju, to 19.6km from the previous 25km, and shortened the time by about 17 minutes, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said.

This opening will build 194.5km, or 74% of the total 264.3km of the second circulation line in the Seoul metropolitan area, and Yangpyeong-Icheon, Gimpo-Paju, and Ansan-Incheon sections, which are still unopened, will be opened one after another from 2026.