National Route 36 (Korean: 국도 제 36호선, Gukdo Je Samsip-yuk(36) Hoseon) is a national highway in South Korea connects Boryeong to Sejong City, Cheongju, Chungju, and Uljin. It established on 31 August 1971.대통령령 제5771호 일반국도노선지정령, 1971년 8월 31일 제정.
History
August 31, 1971: The Daecheon–Uljin Line, was designated under the General National Highway Route Designation Decree. September 8, 1973: Due to improvements to the road alignment, the road district was changed so that the 365 m section in Bong'an-ri, Janggi-myeon, Gongju County, became 460 m, while the 180 m section between Gwangdae-ri and Dae'chi-ri, Dae'chi-myeon, Cheongyang County, became 222 m. August 8, 1975: A total 1.11 km section between Ansim-ri, Mok-myeon, Cheongyang County, and Eupnae-ri, Cheongyang-myeon, was opened, and the existing 1.705 km section was abolished. A 125 m section in Dongdae-ri, Useong-myeon, Gongju County, was also opened, while the existing 139 m section was abolished. May 13, 1986: The starting point was changed from Daecheon-eup, Daecheon County, Chungcheongnam-do, to Daecheon City, Chungcheongnam-do. June 21, 1986: Due to the construction of Chungju Dam, a 7.7 km section between Sinhyeon-ri, Deoksan-myeon, Jewon County, and Susan-ri, Susan-myeon, was relocated and opened. September 29, 1986: Due to the construction of Chungju Dam, the 23.9 km section between Naesadong, Salmi-myeon, Jungwon County, and Susan-ri and Gyeran-ri, Susan-myeon, Jewon County, as well as the 9.7 km section between Janghui-ri and Sangbang-ri, Danyang-eup, Danyang County, were abolished because the roads were submerged. November 9, 1987: A total 12.02 km section between Jujung-ri, Bugil-myeon, Cheongwon County, and Jeungpyeong-ri, Jeungpyeong-eup, Goesan County, was opened, while the existing 12.73 km section was abolished. January 17, 1992: A 340 m section in Uipyeong-ri, Cheongna-myeon, Boryeong County, was opened. August 13, 1994: The Jeungpyeong–Chungju section was expanded to four lanes and opened. July 1, 1996: The starting point was changed from Daecheon City, Chungcheongnam-do, to Boryeong City, Chungcheongnam-do. The route consequently became the Boryeong–Uljin Line. January 8, 1999: A new 2.56 km section between Janggye-ri and Gujae-ri, Hwaseong-myeon, Cheongyang County, was opened, while the existing 2.8 km section was abolished. December 9, 1999: A new 1.371 km section between Maesan-ri and Sinjeong-ri, Hwaseong-myeon, Cheongyang County, was opened, while the existing 1.4 km section was abolished. August 26, 2000: A new 600 m section in Jigok-ri, Jeongsan-myeon, Cheongyang County, was opened, while the existing section was abolished. December 30, 2000: The 3.27 km Cheongna bypass road between Uipyeong-ri and Soyang-ri, Cheongna-myeon, Boryeong City, was opened. September 29, 2001: The 11.4 km section between Hyochon-ri, Namil-myeon, Cheongwon County, and Hyuam-dong, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju City, was designated as an automobile-only road. January 10, 2002: A 4.76 km section of the Beopjeon–Socheon road between Eoji-ri, Beopjeon-myeon, Bonghwa County, and Hyeondong-ri, Socheon-myeon, was widened and opened. The existing 7.5 km section was abolished. January 16, 2004: A 220 m section in Mureung-ri, Salmi-myeon, Chungju City, was widened and opened. December 1, 2004: A 5.24 km section between Jangseung-ri, Cheongyang-eup, Cheongyang County, and Tanjeong-ri, Dae'chi-myeon, was widened and opened, while the existing 3.5 km section was abolished. December 31, 2004: A 21.38 km section between Dongdae-ri, Useong-myeon, Gongju City, and Jongchon-ri, Nam-myeon, Yeongi County, was widened and opened, while the existing 21.44 km section was abolished. September 6, 2005: The 13.43 km section between Yullyang-dong, Sangdang-gu, Cheongju City, and Oksu-ri, Bugimyeon, Cheongwon County, was designated as an automobile-only road. December 12, 2005: A 14.48 km section of the Yeongju–Bonghwa road between Sangmang-dong, Yeongju City, and Geumbong-ri, Bongseong-myeon, Bonghwa County, was widened and opened, while the existing 16.0 km section was abolished. December 21, 2005: The 5.44 km Yeongju National Highway Bypass Road, consisting of the Sinjeon–Gaheung road between Gaheung-dong, Yeongju City, and Sinjeon-ri, Anjeong-myeon, was widened and opened, while the existing 4.75 km section was abolished. December 21, 2007: A 14.2 km section of the Bonghwa–Beopjeon road and part of the Beopjeon–Socheon road, between Geumbong-ri, Bongseong-myeon, Bonghwa County, and Soji-ri, Beopjeon-myeon, was widened and opened. The existing 15.2 km section was abolished. December 24, 2007: The 3.8 km Mok-myeon bypass road between Daepyeong-ri and Songam-ri, Mok-myeon, Cheongyang County, was newly constructed and opened, while the existing 2.4 km section between Daepyeong-ri and Ansim-ri was abolished. April 3, 2008: On the Yullyang–Bugyi road, the endpoint of the automobile-only section between Yullyang-dong, Sangdang-gu, Cheongju City, and Oksu-ri, Bugimyeon, was changed to Geumam-ri, Bugimyeon, shortening the section by 1.92 km. May 4, 2010: The 6.05 km section between Gaheung-dong and Sangmang-dong, Yeongju City, was designated as an automobile-only road. December 30, 2011: Sections of the Beopjeon–Socheon road, consisting of 4.97 km between Soji-ri and Eoji-ri, Beopjeon-myeon, Bonghwa County, and 2.45 km in Hyeondong-ri, Socheon-myeon, were widened and opened. The existing 2.0 km section between Soro-ri, Chunyang-myeon, and Socheon-ri, Beopjeon-myeon, and the existing 1.6 km section in Hyeondong-ri, Socheon-myeon, were abolished. December 30, 2013: The 13.4 km Cheongju–Jeungpyeong road between Yullyang-dong, Sangdang-gu, Cheongju City, and Oksu-ri, Bugimyeon, Cheongwon County, was widened and opened, while the existing 11.2 km section was abolished. January 5, 2016: A 6.2 km section of Section 3 of the Socheon–Seomyeon road between Ssangjeon-ri and Samgeun-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon, Uljin County, was widened and opened. The existing 8.45 km section was abolished. February 5, 2016: A 3.3 km section of Section 2 of the Socheon–Seomyeon road between Gwanghoe-ri and Ssangjeon-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon, Uljin County, was widened and opened. The existing 6.0 km section was abolished. May 3, 2016: Following the opening of the Socheon–Seomyeon road, the route between Buncheon-ri, Socheon-myeon, Bonghwa County, and Ssangjeon-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon, Uljin County, was changed from 10.0 km to 6.8 km. May 4, 2016: A 2.4 km section of Section 1 of the Socheon–Seomyeon road between Buncheon-ri, Socheon-myeon, Bonghwa County, and Gwanghoe-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon, Uljin County, was widened and opened, while the existing 3.3 km section was abolished. A 3.5 km section of Section 2 in Gwanghoe-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon, Uljin County, was also widened and opened, while the existing 7.3 km section was abolished. July 20, 2016: A new 5.5 km section of Section 1 of the Socheon–Seomyeon road between Hyeondong-ri and Buncheon-ri, Socheon-myeon, Bonghwa County, was opened. The existing 8.0 km section was abolished. August 31, 2016: Following the opening of the Huam–Odong road of the Cheongju National Highway Bypass Road, the existing 15.7 km section between Suui-dong, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju City, and Gukdong-ri, Naesu-eup, Cheongwon-gu, was abolished. December 28, 2016: A 5.1 km section of the Punggi–Dogye road between Baeksin-ri and Sucheol-ri, Punggi-eup, Yeongju City, was widened and opened, while the existing 2.0 km section was abolished. January 1, 2017: A 12.2 km section of the first construction section of the Cheongyang Dae'chi–Gongju Useong road between Tanjeong-ri, Dae'chi-myeon, and Daebak-ri, Jeongsan-myeon, Cheongyang County, was widened and opened, while the existing 14.9 km section between Tanjeong-ri and Seojeong-ri was abolished. A total 13.3 km section of the second construction section between Daebak-ri, Jeongsan-myeon, and Daepyeong-ri, Mok-myeon, Cheongyang County, and between Songam-ri, Mok-myeon, and Danji-ri, Useong-myeon, Gongju City, was also widened and opened, while the existing 4.1 km section between Seojeong-ri, Jeongsan-myeon, and Daepyeong-ri, Mok-myeon, and the existing 1.8 km section between Bangheung-ri and Dongdae-ri, Useong-myeon, Gongju City, were abolished. April 13, 2017: Due to an improvement to the road alignment, a total 325 m section in Naesa-ri, Salmi-myeon, Chungju City, was abolished. December 1, 2017: A 1.5 km section of the Danyang IC–Danyang road between Jangnim-ri and Bukha-ri, Daegang-myeon, Danyang County, was widened and opened. September 21, 2018: The 6.6 km Gaheung–Sangmang road of the Yeongju National Highway Bypass Road between Gaheung-dong and Sangmang-dong, Yeongju City, was widened and opened, while the existing 5.7 km section through the city center was abolished. December 31, 2018: A total 6.9 km section of the first construction section of the Boryeong–Cheongyang road, consisting of a 3.84 km section between Hwasan-dong and Uipyeong-ri, Cheongna-myeon, Boryeong City, and a 3.06 km section between Soyang-ri, Cheongna-myeon, and Janggye-ri, Hwaseong-myeon, Cheongyang County, was widened and opened. August 20, 2019: Following the opening of the first construction section of the Boryeong–Cheongyang road, the existing 1.0 km section in Hyangcheon-ri, Cheongna-myeon, Boryeong City, was abolished. September 30, 2019: A 900 m section of the second construction section of the Seomyeon–Geunnam road in Onyang-ri, Uljin-eup, Uljin County, was partially widened and opened. December 30, 2019: A 5.74 km section of the second construction section of the Boryeong–Cheongyang road between Gujae-ri, Hwaseong-myeon, and Jangseung-ri, Cheongyang-eup, was widened and opened, while the existing 3.79 km section between Maesan-ri, Hwaseong-myeon, and Jangseung-ri, Cheongyang-eup, was abolished. April 1, 2020: An 18.08 km section of Sections 1 and 2 of the Seomyeon–Geunnam road between Samgeun-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon, and Onyang-ri, Uljin-eup, Uljin County, was newly constructed and opened. July 25, 2024: Section 1-1 of the Chungcheong Inland Expressway, between Geumam-ri, Bugimyeon, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju City, and Hwaseong-ri, Doan-myeon, Jeungpyeong County, was opened. December 31, 2024: Section 1-2 of the Chungcheong Inland Expressway, between Hwaseong-ri and Songjeong-ri, Doan-myeon, Jeungpyeong County, and Bocheon-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Eumseong County, was opened. April 30, 2025: Section 1-2 of the Chungcheong Inland Expressway, between Bocheon-ri and Sangdang-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Eumseong County, was opened. September 29, 2025: Section 2 of the Chungcheong Inland Expressway, between Hano-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Eumseong County, and Daejang-ri, Soi-myeon, was opened. November 18, 2025: Section 2-3 of the Chungcheong Inland Expressway, between Daejang-ri, Soi-myeon, Eumseong County, and Manjeong-ri, Daesowon-myeon, Chungju City, was opened. December 30, 2025: Sections 4-5 of the Chungcheong Inland Expressway, between Manjeong-ri, Daesowon-myeon, Chungju City, and Bongyang-eup, Jecheon City, as well as the Eumseong 2 interchange, were opened.
Main stopovers South Chungcheong Province Boryeong - Cheongyang County - Gongju Sejong City Janggun-myeon - Hansol-dong - Yeongi-myeon - Yeonseo-myeon - Jochiwon-eup North Chungcheong Province Cheongju (Heungdeok District - Seowon District - Sangdang District - Cheongwon District) - Jeungpyeong County - Eumseong County - Chungju - Jecheon - Danyang County North Gyeongsang Province Yeongju - Bonghwa County - Uljin County
Major intersections
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South Chungcheong Province and Sejong City