The names of all bridges linked to South Korea's Songdo international town in Incheon, west of Seoul, will be renamed around October to improve user accessibility to the business town, the authority overseeing the town said Tuesday. 

The State Toponym Committee under the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration will make a final decision on the new names of the five bridges during its meeting in October, the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority said.

The new names have been drawn up via a year of public and expert surveys that started last September.

The existing names of the bridges are simply the Songdo Nos. 1-5 Bridges, named in completion order and criticized as lacking symbolism, and inconveniencing and confusing visitors.

If the panel approves the new names, the Songdo No. 1 Bridge will become the "Songdo International Bridge" as the structure was the first built among the bridges and serves as a key route in entering the town.

The Songdo No. 2 Bridge will be rechristened as the "Covensia Bridge" as it is linked to Convensia, a convention center playing a key role in the city's MICE industry. MICE stands for Meeting, Incentive Trip, Convention, and Exhibition and Event.

The Songdo No. 3 Bridge's new name will be the "Art Center Bridge," as it is linked to Incheon Art Center, while that of the Songdo No. 4 Bridge will be the "Songdo Bio Bridge" as it is connected with an area where Samsung BioLogics Co., a pharmaceutical arm under South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, is building its third production line, which will make the firm the world's top contract manufacturing organization.

The Songdo No. 5 Bridge is to be renamed the "New Port Bridge" as it's connected with Incheon New Port. (Yonhap)