The Gyeongbu Expressway (Gyeongbu Gosok Doro) is the oldest and most heavily travelled freeway in South Korea, and connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, and Busan. The freeway was built in the 1970s and has the route number 1. The entire length from Seoul to Busan is 428 km. Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The name Gyeongbu refers to the Seoul-Busan corridor in South Korea, and is used as the name of the Gyeongbu railway line and Gyeongbu Expressway, both of which connect Seoul—the South Korean capital and largest city—to Busan—the largest port and second-largest city. ... Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ... Suwon (Suwon-si) is the largest city in and capital of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ... Daejeon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city in the centre of South Korea, and the capital of South Chungcheong Province. ... Gumi is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. ... Daegu Metropolitan City is the third largest city in South Korea. ... Pūsan is also a Vedic Hindu god. ...
Along its's expressways, Daegu has five exits throughout the city, Dongdaegu (East Daegu), Bukdaegu (North Daegu), Seodaegu(West Daegu), Namdaegu(South Daegu) and Hwawon.
Gyeongbu Expressway(Seoul-Busan), Guma Expressway(Daegu-Masan), 88 Olympic Expressway(Daegu-Gwangju) and Jung-ang Expressway(Daegu-Chuncheon, Gangwondo) serve as arteries of Daegu connecting in all directions.
Three new expressways are currently under construction toward Gimhae, Pohang and Hyeonpung.