National Route 37 is a major national highway in South Korea that connects Geochang County in South Gyeongsang Province to Paju in Gyeonggi Province. It was established on 14 March 1981.대통령령 제10247호 일반국도노선지정령, 1981년 3월 14일 일부개정.
History
March 14, 1981: National Route 37, the Geochang–Munsan Line, was newly designated. April 6, 1981: A 186.2 km section between Dogye, Janghowon-eup, Icheon County, and Dangdong-ri, Munsan-eup, Paju County, which had been elevated to national highway status, was opened. April 16, 1981: A 152.159 km section between Hyeonnae-ri, Buri-myeon, Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province, and Wangjang-ri, Gamgok-myeon, Eumseong County, North Chungcheong Province, which had been elevated to national highway status, was opened. May 8, 1981: A 4.7 km section between Unheung-ri and Jungbeol-ri, Hwabuk-myeon, Sangju County, which had been elevated to national highway status, was opened. May 12, 1981: A 27.073 km section between Gimcheon-dong, Geochang-eup, Geochang County, and Sojeong-ri, Buksang-myeon, which had been elevated to national highway status, was opened. May 30, 1981: The road district was determined as a newly established 405 km section following the amendment of the General National Highway Route Designation Decree by Presidential Decree No. 10247. September 29, 1986: The existing designated 1.5 km section through the downtown area of Geumwang-eup, Eumseong County, between Geumseok-ri and Mugeuk-ri, was abolished. July 21, 1987: A 1.34 km section between Geumseok-ri and Mugeuk-ri, Geumwang-eup, Eumseong County, was opened. February 17, 1990: The existing designated 300 m section in Punggye-ri, Janghowon-eup, Icheon County, was abolished. March 9, 1991: The existing designated section in Yulpo-ri, Jeokseong-myeon, Paju County, was abolished. November 16, 1992: A 100 m section in Sojeong-ri, Gunbuk-myeon, Okcheon County, was opened, while the existing 150 m section was abolished. October 4, 1994: A 510 m section in Sangji-ri, Gunseo-myeon, Okcheon County, was opened, while the existing 920 m section was abolished. February 21, 1995: An 11.177 km section between Yanggeun-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong County, and Sincheon-ri, Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong County, was opened. January 8, 1996: A 2.7 km section between Huigok-ri, Seorak-myeon, and Cheongpyeong-ri, Oeseo-myeon, Gapyeong County, including Sincheongpyeong Bridge, was opened. July 1, 1996: The terminus was changed from "Munsan-eup, Paju County, Gyeonggi Province" to "Munsan-eup, Paju City, Gyeonggi Province". June 13, 1997: The 4.9 km section between Gasan-ri and Botong-ri, Daesin-myeon, Yeoju County, was designated as an automobile-only road. July 4, 1997: The 6.52 km Yeoju IC–Yeoju road between Jeombong-ri, Yeoju-eup, and Cheonsong-ri, Buknae-myeon, Yeoju County, was widened and opened, while the existing 500 m section between Sang-ri, Yeoju-eup, and Cheonsong-ri was abolished. January 5, 1998: A 1.8 km section between Hoehyeon-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong County, and Bulgok-ri, Gaegun-myeon, was opened, while the existing 1.2 km section was abolished. March 25, 1998: A 980 m section of the dangerous-road improvement project in Seonchon-ri, Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong County, was opened. April 27, 1998: A 940 m section between Hano-ri and Hadang-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Eumseong County, was opened, while the existing 1.1 km section was abolished. May 1, 1998: Following the opening of the Icheon–Yeoju road, the existing 1.4 km section between Hongmun-ri and Sang-ri, Yeoju-eup, Yeoju County, was abolished. June 1, 1998: The 10.57 km section between Jungdo-ri, Geumsan-eup, Geumsan County, and Chujeong-ri, Chubu-myeon, was widened and opened, while the existing 11.73 km section was abolished. July 3, 1998: An 880 m section in Aseong-ri, Soso-myeon, Goesan County, was opened, while the existing 1.1 km section was abolished. December 31, 1998: A 745 m section of Cheongpyeong Bridge in Cheongpyeong-ri, Oeseo-myeon, Gapyeong County, and a 620 m section of Jojong Bridge in the same area were opened to traffic. January 1999: The existing 800 m section in Geumpa-ri, Papyeong-myeon, Paju City, was abolished. May 29, 1999: The 4.9 km Daesin Bypass Road between Botong-ri and Gasan-ri, Daesin-myeon, Yeoju County, was opened. October 15, 1999: The 3.34 km Baekui Bridge section between Baekui-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, Yeoncheon County, and Juwon-ri, Changsu-myeon, Pocheon County, was opened, while the existing section was abolished. November 15, 1999: The 1.02 km Yangpyeong–Yongmun road between Yanggeun-ri and Deokpyeong-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong County, was widened and opened, while the existing section was abolished. May 8, 2000: A 400 m section in Yeonha-ri, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong County, was opened. December 4, 2000: A 1.13 km section in Sogye-ri, Suhan-myeon, Boeun County, was opened, while the existing 1.23 km section was abolished. December 21, 2000: The 6.1 km Munsan–Seonyu road between Dangdong-ri, Munsan-eup, and Yulgok-ri, Papyeong-myeon, Paju City, was widened and opened, while the existing 4.7 km section was abolished. December 26, 2001: A 420 m section in Myoseo-ri, Suhan-myeon, Boeun County, was opened, while the existing 440 m section was abolished. December 27, 2001: The 5.3 km section between Aseong-ri, Soso-myeon, and Daedeok-ri, Goesan-eup, Goesan County, was widened and opened, while the existing 5.1 km section was abolished. January 8, 2002: The 6.4 km section between Wangdae-ri, Neungseo-myeon, Yeoju County, and Gasan-ri, Daesin-myeon, was designated as an automobile-only road. April 26, 2002: The 140 m Yulgil-ri dangerous-road improvement section in Yulgil-ri, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong County, was improved and opened, while the existing 150 m section was abolished. October 1, 2002: The 2.2 km section between Eundae-ri, Jeongok-eup, Yeoncheon County, and Jangtan-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, was widened and opened. January 9, 2003: Due to the Geochang District Rural Water Development Project, a 3.58 km section between Nongsan-ri and Gaemyeong-ri, Goje-myeon, Geochang County, was relocated and opened, while the existing 1.15 km section was abolished. December 30, 2003: The 12 km Sinpal–Ildong road between Sinpal-ri, Naechon-myeon, Pocheon City, and Gisan-ri, Ildong-myeon, was widened and opened. October 1, 2004: The 4.02 km section between Dongdae-ri, Annae-myeon, Okcheon County, and Geohyeon-ri, Suhan-myeon, Boeun County, was widened and opened. May 10, 2005: The 3.24 km section between Ibam-ri and Suri, Soso-myeon, Goesan County, was widened and opened. September 14, 2006: The 3.5 km Chubu–Daejeon road between Majeon-ri and Yogwang-ri, Chubu-myeon, Geumsan County, and the 1.42 km 2006 Geumsan World Ginseng Expo support road between Jungdo-ri and Sindae-ri, Geumsan-eup, were temporarily opened. September 30, 2006: The 7.11 km Ildong–Yeongjung road between Gisan-ri, Ildong-myeon, and Geumju-ri, Yeongjung-myeon, Pocheon City, was widened and opened, while the existing 10.9 km section was abolished. December 26, 2006: The 3.5 km Chubu–Daejeon road between Majeon-ri and Yogwang-ri and the 1.42 km 2006 Geumsan World Ginseng Expo support road between Jungdo-ri and Sindae-ri were widened and opened. The existing 3.7 km Majeon-ri–Yogwang-ri section and 500 m Jungdo-ri–Sindae-ri section were abolished. December 27, 2006: The 17.12 km Eumseong–Saenggeuk road between Hano-ri, Wonnam-myeon, and Sinyang-ri, Saenggeuk-myeon, Eumseong County, was widened and opened. January 31, 2007: The 15.12 km Paju Jeokseong Bypass Road and Dupo–Cheoncheon road between Dupo-ri, Papyeong-myeon, Paju City, and Gaekhyeon-ri, Jeokseong-myeon, were widened and opened, while the existing 14.5 km section was abolished. July 13, 2007: The 9.816 km Yeoju Bypass Road between Hongmun-ri, Yeoju-eup, and Gasan-ri, Daesin-myeon, was widened and opened. December 16, 2007: Following the opening of the Yeoju Bypass Road, the existing 9.866 km section between Hongmun-ri, Yeoju-eup, and Gasan-ri, Daesin-myeon, was abolished. December 31, 2007: The 10.99 km Okcheon–Sojeong road between Woljeon-ri, Gunseo-myeon, Okcheon County, and Sojeong-ri, Gunbuk-myeon, was widened and opened. November 17, 2008: The 6.94 km section between Nucheong-ri, Boeun-eup, and Jungpan-ri, Songnisan-myeon, Boeun County, was widened and opened, while the existing 12.11 km section was abolished. September 15, 2010: The 6.072 km Eunhaeng–Okcheon road between Sajeong-ri and Woljeon-ri, Gunseo-myeon, Okcheon County, was widened and opened. November 23, 2010: The 3.8 km Mari–Songjeong road between Malheul-ri, Mari-myeon, and Songjeong-ri, Geochang-eup, Geochang County, was widened and opened, while the existing 5.2 km section was abolished. March 7, 2011: A 1.5 km section between Hangsa-ri and Yeonha-ri, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong County, which had been opened early, and the 9.2 km Cheongpyeong–Hyeon-ri–Sinpal road between Yeonha-ri, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong County, and Sinpal-ri, Naechon-myeon, Pocheon City, were widened and opened. October 20, 2011: Following the opening of the Cheongpyeong–Hyeon-ri–Sinpal road, the existing 12.8 km section between Hangsa-ri, Sang-myeon, Gapyeong County, and Sinpal-ri, Naechon-myeon, Pocheon City, was abolished. December 29, 2011: The 8.4 km Cheongpyeong–Hyeon-ri road between Hacheon-ri, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong County, and Hangsa-ri, Sang-myeon, was widened and opened, while the existing 9.8 km section was abolished. October 16, 2013: The 5.5 km section between Yogwang-ri, Chubu-myeon, Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province, and Sajeong-ri, Gunseo-myeon, Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, was widened and opened, while the existing 5.0 km section was abolished. October 31, 2013: The 5.4 km Goje–Mupung road between Gaemyeong-ri, Goje-myeon, Geochang County, and Samgeori, Mupung-myeon, Muju County, was widened and opened, while the existing 4.6 km section over Sinpungnyeong was abolished. December 9, 2015: The 8.32 km Yeoju IC–Janghowon road between Deokpyeong-ri, Jeomdong-myeon, Yeoju City, and Jeombong-dong, was widened and opened, while the existing 8.34 km section was abolished. December 30, 2015: The 5.2 km Yeoju–Yangpyeong road between Bulgok-ri, Gaegun-myeon, and Baegan-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong County, was widened and opened. January 27, 2016: A 1.8 km section of Construction Section 2 of the Jeokseong–Jeongok road between Namgye-ri, Gunam-myeon, and Dongi-ri, Misan-myeon, Yeoncheon County, was widened and opened. January 28, 2016: Following the opening of the Yeoju–Yangpyeong road, the former national highway section between Hoehyeon-ri and Yanggeun-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong County, measuring 5.8 km, was abolished. November 15, 2016: A total 4.04 km section of the Jeokseong–Jeongok road between Hwangji-ri and Namgye-ri, Gunam-myeon, Yeoncheon County, and between Dongi-ri, Misan-myeon, Yeoncheon County, and Eoyu-ri, Jeokseong-myeon, Paju City, was temporarily opened. April 20, 2018: A 3.26 km section of Construction Section 1 of the Jeokseong–Jeongok road between Hwangji-ri, Gunam-myeon, Yeoncheon County, and Eundae-ri, Jeongok-eup, was widened and opened. November 13, 2018: A 5.67 km section of the Jeokseong–Jeongok road between Gueup-ri and Eoyu-ri, Jeokseong-myeon, Paju City, was widened and opened, while the existing 4.8 km section between Gueup-ri and Janghyeon-ri was abolished. December 4, 2018: A 2.48 km section of the Jeokseong–Jeongok road between Jangtan-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, Yeoncheon County, and Eundae-ri, Jeongok-eup, was widened and opened, while the existing 13.4 km section between Jangtan-ri and Janghyeon-ri, Jeokseong-myeon, Paju City, was abolished.