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Banpo Bridge Fountain
The Banpo Bridge fountain at night"
The Banpo Bridge is a major bridge in downtown Seoul, Korea, over the Han River. Banpo Bridge was built in 1982 and is on top of the Jamsu bridge which was built in 1976, forming a "double deck" bridge. In 2009 a fountain composed of a series of 9,380 nozzles backed by strong LEDs (light-emitting diodes) was added on each side of the upper bridge. The streams of water wave up and down and are lit with colored lights.
The lower bridge
The lower deck incorporates pedestrian and bicycle paths that provide easy access to the Banpo Hangang Park from the north side of the river. When the water level rises too high, the Jamsu Bridge (the lower deck) becomes covered with water and gets closed off.
The fountain from the lower deck
The 9,380 water nozzles can shoot out 190 tons of water a minute. Installed in September 2009, the water is pumped directly from the river itself and continuously recycled. The bridge has 38 water pumps which bring the water from the river 20 meters (66 feet) below, and shoots it as far as 43 meters (141 feet) horizontally. The nozzles can rotate individually, and are electronically controlled to make the fountain into a "dancing fountain", with varying patterns of motion. A video of the bridge's programmed patterns of movement can be found at the world records site
The horizontal spray
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