South Korea’s first bridge-undersea tunnel link opens

• The fix link connects South Korea's second-largest city of Busan, 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and the Geoje Island, home to two of the country's largest shipyards and many tourist attractions.
• The 8.2-kilometer fixed link, dubbed "Geoga Bridge," will cut travel hours between Busan and Geoje Island to around 50 minutes from the current two hours and 10 minutes, enabling South Korea to save as much as $ 350 million in fuel and other logistics costs a year.
• The South Korean president described the fixed link as a "historic construction project," as it involves a 3.7km undersea tunnel, the first of its kind in South Korea.