Jayu-ro

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77 Jayu-ro
Jayu Motorway 자유로
Route information
Length	49.967 km (31.048 mi)
Existed	1992–present
Major junctions
South end	Gayang Bridge, Mapo, Seoul
	Seoul Ring Expressway Incheon Airport Expressway Suwon-Munsan Expressway National Route 39 National Route 37
North end	, Paju, Gyeonggi
Highway system
Highway systems of South Korea Expressways National Local

Jayuro northbound as viewed from Odusan Observatory. North Korea is visible in the center upper-left portion

Gusan IC, 2008

Bound for Gaeseong, 2008

The Jayu Motorway (also called Jayu-ro, Korean: 자유로, lit. Freedom Road) is a major north-south arterial highway in South Korea. Its southern terminus is in Seoul, while its northern terminus is at National Route 1's Reunification Bridge leading into the DMZ. North Korea is visible from a section of the highway stretching from Seongdong-ri to Ogeum-ri. Its shape closely parallels the northern bank of the Han River and is heavily fortified with barbed wire and military observatories. It is part of National Route 77.

This route connects Seoul (Gayang Bridge), Goyang (Ilsan) to Paju (Munsan, Panmunjeom), with a total length of 49.976 km (31.054 mi).

The highway is directly connected with the Gangbyeonbuk-ro at Gayang Bridge.

History[]

• May 19, 1990 - Construction Begin
• August, 1992 - Haengju Bridge~ section(29 km) opens to traffic.
• September, 1994 - Tongil observatory~Jayu Bridge(자유의다리) section(17.5 km) opens to traffic.

Compositions[]

Lanes[]

• Dangdong IC ~ Jayu IC: 4
• Nakha IC - Dangdong IC: 6
• Nakha IC - Isanpo JC: 8
• Gayang Bridge - Isanpo JC: 10

Length[]

49.976 km (31.054 mi)

Speed limits[]

• 90 km/h

List of facilities[]

• IC: Interchange, JC: Junction, SA: Service Area, TG:Tollgate

No.	Name	Korean Name	Hanja Name	Connections	Notes	Location
Connected directly with Gangbyeonbuk-ro(강변북로)
6	Gayang Br. IC	가양대교북단	加陽大橋	Gayang-daero (가양대로) Hwagok-ro(화곡로)	Highway Start Spot	Mapo	Seoul
		화전분기점	花田分岐點	Suwon-Munsan Expressway (Branch Line)	(December 2021)	Goyang	Gyeonggi
5	(Banghwa Bridge)	북로분기점	北路分岐點	Suwon-Munsan Expressway Incheon Airport Expressway
IC	Haengju IC	행주나들목	幸州나들목	Haengju-ro (행주로)	Seoul-bound Only
4	(Haengju Bridge)	행주분기점	幸州分岐點	National Route 39 KTX Haengsin Station
3	(Gimpo Bridge)	자유로분기점	自由路分岐點	Seoul Ring Expressway
2		장항나들목	獐項나들목	Baengma-ro (백마로) Ilsan Lake Park
IC		킨텍스나들목	KINTEX나들목	KINTEX-ro (킨텍스로) KINTEX
1	(Ilsan Bridge)	이산포분기점	二山浦分岐點	Goyang Stadium Daehwa Station
IC		구산나들목	九山나들목
IC		장월나들목	長月나들목	Paju Book City
IC		문발나들목	文發나들목			Paju
IC		성동나들목	城洞나들목
IC		낙하나들목	洛下나들목
IC		내포나들목	內浦나들목	Suwon-Munsan Expressway	(December 2021)
IC		당동나들목	堂洞나들목	National Route 37
IC		임진각나들목	任津閣나들목	Imjingak
IC		자유나들목	自由나들목	National Route 1 ( / 통일로) Panmunjeom Kaesong Industrial Region Reunification Highway

Jayuro Ghost[]

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The highway is also notable for its variant of the vanishing hitchhiker called the Jayuro Ghost. The area frequently experiences foggy weather and thus has a high rate of automobile collisions. According to the narrative, a woman can sometimes be seen along the side of the road wearing sunglasses. Upon closer inspection it is revealed that the so-called sunglasses are actually the woman's gouged-out eyes. Another version of the narrative has a driver picking up the ghost, only for the ghost to direct the driver to a cemetery or disappear when the driver reaches the destination.

See also[]

• Olympicdaero
• Gimpo Hangang Highway
• List of Korea-related topics