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Gwangandaegyo Bridge, the Symbol of Busan, Completes First Renovation in 12 Years More Dazzling Nighttime Illumination to Light Up the Sea

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that the Gwangandaegyo Bridge has completed its first renovation in 12 years and will illuminate the 20th Busan Fireworks Festival on November 15 with upgraded, more luxurious, and vivid landscape lighting and media content.

The city completed the “Gwangandaegyo Bridge Landscape Lighting Improvement Project” on October 26 and launched its official operation in November. The previous lighting system had been installed in December 2013.

The project has been carried out since 2021 as part of the “Seven Bridges Landmark Project,” one of the core initiatives of the International Tourism City Development Program.
This LED enhancement project is the world’s largest bridge lighting improvement effort, with a total project cost of approximately KRW 10.7 billion (50% national funding; 50% city funding).

The city has enhanced the expressiveness of the lighting system—doubling the number of fixtures (from 7,011 to 13,465) and reducing the spacing between them (from 1 meter to 0.5 meters). Through these upgrades, message delivery, color accuracy, and overall resolution have all been improved.

In addition, the installation of moving lights and expansion of media content have added dynamic elements to the lighting system, significantly reinforcing visual effects and presentation capabilities.

To showcase the newly upgraded Gwangandaegyo Bridge at the 20th Busan Fireworks Festival, the city concentrated all efforts on completing construction before the festival.
Busan Metropolitan City formed a close cooperative system with the construction company and the management agency (Busan Infrastructure Corporation), expanding work hours, negotiating improvements in quality, and identifying optimal construction methods to shorten the project timeline. These efforts ensured that all work was completed safely before the opening of the festival.

The integration of Busan’s representative nighttime festival—the Busan Fireworks Festival—with the enhanced Gwangandaegyo Bridge lighting performance is expected to maximize visual completeness and emotional impact, presenting a world-class nightscape against the backdrop of Busan’s ocean.
Through this, the city expects to elevate the brand value of Busan as a marine tourism city and to reinforce its image as a global international tourism city, creating synergistic promotional effects.

Busan Metropolitan City plans to continue advancing the “Seven Bridges Landmark Project,” which adds aesthetic and cultural value to the Gwangandaegyo Bridge and six other coastal bridges (Yeongdodaegyo, Busanhangdaegyo, Namhangdaegyo, Eulsukdodaegyo, Sinodaegyo, and Gadeokdaegyo), thereby strengthening Busan’s status as a leading marine tourism city.

Kim Hyun-jae, Director General of the Tourism and MICE Bureau, stated, “The Gwangandaegyo Bridge is a symbol of Busan and a representative nightscape attraction of our city on the global stage. With its rebirth as the world’s premier nightscape landmark, we will attract more international tourists and elevate the Gwangandaegyo Bridge into a special destination that people will want to visit again.”