This bridge is featured in the opening scenes of episode 1 of Touch Your Heart/Reach of Sincerity (진심이 닿다) (tvN, 2019).

Desperate Seo Tae-soo (Cheon Ho-jin), Seo Ji-an’s (Shin Hye-sun) father, sits at the foot of this bridge, drinking soju, in episode 6 of My Golden Life (황금빛 내 인생) (KBS2, 2017).

Gods Moo Ra (Krystal) and Bi Ryum (Gong Myung) make a halt here in episode 8 of Bride of the Water God 2017/The Bride of Habaek (하백의 신부 2017) (tvN, 2017), and Bi-Ryum gets a call concerning Hoo Ye (Lim Ju-hwan).

Kim Sun-jae (Yoon Hyun-min) comes here in episode 14 of Tunnel (터널) (OCN, 2017), distraught at the thought that the killer was among them this whole time, and was even someone he looked up to greatly. This agony made him pound his fist into a bloodied pulp on the tarmac.

Jung Joon-hyung (Nam Joo-hyuk) meets up at the feet of this bridge with his ex-girlfriend Song Shi-ho (Kyung Soo-jin) in episode 3 of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (역도요정 김복주) (MBC, 2016-17).

In episode 4 of Night Light (불야성) (MBC, 2016) Seo Yi-kyung (Lee Yo-won) and Lee Se-jin (Uee) come to talk underneath this bridge.

Ahn Dan-tae (Namgoong Min), on the other hand, comes here alone to think things over in episode 9 of Beautiful Gong Shim (미녀 공심이) (SBS, 2016).

Lee Joon-hee (Yoon Hyun-min) and Noh Young-bae (Jung Suk-yong) meet up at the feet of this bridge in episode 13 of Beating Again/Falling in Love with Soon Jung/Falling for Innocence (순정에 반하다) (JTBC, 2015) and Young-bae pressures Joon-hee for money in return for the evidence for the murder of Ma Dong-Wook (Jin Goo) that is in his possession.

Kim Hyun-soo (Yoon Hyun-min) and Jung Shi-hyun (Jung Kyoung-ho) meet up underneath this bridge in episode 1 of Heartless City/Cruel City (무정도시) (JTBC, 2013) and Hyun-soo tells his partner that ‘Halibut Hyungnim’ was arrested and they need to find a solution.

Seon Woo-hwan (Lee Seung-gi) consoles Yu Seung-mi (Moon Chae-won) here in episode 9 of Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance (찬란한 유산) (SBS, 2009) after she had a fight with her mother.

Heo Dong-gu (Kim Kyung-wik) tries to convince Yang Ok-kyung (Kyeon Mi-ri) about his love for Kang Se-mi (Ahn Mi-na) at the feet of this bridge x in episode 4 of The Golden Bride/Bride from Vietnam (황금신부) (SBS, 2007-08) and when he proposes to jump into the Han River to prove it, she tells him to go ahead and he does. Instead of hurrying to her brother’s wedding, she saves him.

When Na In-jung (Lee Yo-won) breaks up with (married) Lee Su-hwan (Kim Sung-su) in episode 1 of Bad Love/Cruel Love (Motdoen Sarang/못된 사랑) (KBS2, 2007), she comes to the feet of this bridge; completely drained. Kang Yong-ki (Kwon Sang-woo), who had followed her, tries to cheer her up.

Choi Seung-hee (Kim Rae-won) proposes to Kim Bok-shil (Jung Ryeo-won) at the feet of this bridge in final episode 16 of Which Star Are You From/What Star Did You Come From?/Which Planet Are You From? (넌 어느 별에서 왔니) (MBC, 2006).

Kang Seung-jae (Yoon Kye-sang) and Choi Soo-ji (Kim Min-hee) talk at the feet of this bridge in episode 10 of She Is Nineteen/My Sister-in-Law is 19/My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law (형수님은 열아홉) (SBS, 2004). She asks him why he loves Han Yoo-Min (Jung Da Bin) so much.

Also seen in Rosy Lovers (장미빛 연인들) (MBC, 2014-15, episode 3); in episode 1 of High School-Love On/High School Love On/Hi! School: Love On (하이스쿨 – 러브온) (KBS2, 2014); Wang’s Family/King’s Family/The Wang Family (Wanggane Siggudeul/왕가네 식구들) (KBS2, 2013-14, episode 37); Rooftop Prince/Attic Prince (옥탑방 왕세자) (SBS, 2012); Big (빅) (KBS2, 2012).

— New Year Blues (새해전야) (2021)
— My Brilliant Life/My Palpitating Life [두근두근내인생] (2014).

— Oreo Korea CF with WINNER — featured in the background of Kang Seung-yoon’s scene (24.10.2018)
— Samsung Anycall Bodyguard CF with Kim Bum and Kim So-eun (as So Yi-jeong and Chu Ga-eul) (2009) (behind-the-scenes video)

Seongsan Bridge [성산대교/城山大橋], commenced in April 1977 and completed in June 1980, is one of the 27 bridges that cross the Han River in Seoul. This 1,410 m long truss bridge with half-moon structures on both sides of the bridge, is the 12th bridge built crossing this river and was built in the same time as Seongsan-ro. This 27m wide, 6-lane bridge is part of of National Highway No. 1 and National Highway No. 48 and connects Seoul’s neighborhoods Mangwon [Mangwon-dong/망원동] in the Mapo District [Mapo-gu/마포구] and Yangpyeong-dong [양평제2동] in the Yeongdeungpo District [Yeongdeungpo-gu/영등포구].

All of the K-Dramaland scenes take place at Mangwon Hangang Park [망원한강공원], on the North side of the Han River.

This bridge was featured on a stamp in the ‘2nd Bridge Series’ issued in 2007 by the South Korean Post.

Geolocation: 37.555922, 126.893241

Getting here
Mapo-gu Office Station [마포구청역], Seoul Subway Line 6, Exit 5
(ca. 20 mins. walk)

— submitted by Marion KDL; last updated 29/07/2022
— Wang’s Family,  Tunnel, My Brilliant Life, Oreo CF, Anycall CF, Touch Your Heart, Search: WWW added by Mich KDL