Last sections of My Thuan 2 Bridge in southern Vietnam connected
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 09:41 GMT+7
The last sections of My Thuan 2 Bridge, connecting the southern provinces of Tien Giang and Vinh Long, were connected on Saturday in the presence of Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The bridge, spanning the Tien (Front) River, carries a price tag of some VND5 trillion (US$204.5 million).
Work on the My Thuan 2 Bridge project, part of the underway Eastern North-South Expressway, started in December 2020 and is expected to be completed this year, said Le Quoc Dung, deputy director of the Ministry of Transport's Project Management Unit 7, the investor of the project.
The project, when in place, will help reduce the travel time between Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta localities.
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| Workers at the construction site of the My Thuan 2 Bridge. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre |
“Despite difficulties, we have striven to shorten the completion time of many items while closely controlling technical indicators and the quality of the project,” Dung said, adding that the final sections of the bridge were connected one month earlier than planned.
PM Chinh said the capital for the current My Thuan Bridge, which is 350 meters from the My Thuan 2 Bridge, was sourced from foreign loans and foreigners also took charge of designing, constructing, and supervising its construction.
As for the My Thuan 2 Bridge, the capital was sourced from the state budget. Local firms have designed, built, and supervised the execution of the project.
“Despite obstacles during the COVID-19 pandemic and the escalating prices of materials, we overcame them to finish [the connection of the last sections of the bridge] earlier than expected,” the government leader hailed.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other delegates make a symbolic gesture to connect the last sections of the My Thuan 2 Bridge. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre |
Dung said contractors would focus on completing items, such as the bridge railings and surface, to finish the project in late 2023 as required by the prime minister and the Ministry of Transport.
The My Thuan 2 Bridge and approach roads have a total length of 6.61 kilometers, starting from an intersection with the Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway and ending at an intersection with the My Thuan - Can Tho Expressway.
The bridge alone is 1.9 kilometers long and has six lanes and a designed speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
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| The government leader hails the working spirit of the investor and contractors of the project. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre |
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| The 6.61-kilometer-long My Thuan 2 Bridge project commenced in February 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre |
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