The People’s Council of Long An Province, southwestern Vietnam will submit a plan to the prime minister to build three bridges along a provincial road in a bid to connect the province with Ho Chi Minh City and Tien Giang Province.

As proposed, Provincial Road 827E will feature three new bridges over the Can Giuoc, Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay rivers, the provincial People’s Council announced on Thursday.

If the plan is approved, the construction of the three bridges will help smooth the route from Ho Chi Minh City through Long An Province to Tien Giang Province, boosting the connectivity between the southern metropolis with the Mekong Delta region.

The building of the three bridges is expected to ease traffic pressure on National Highways 1, N2 and 50 at the western gateway of Ho Chi Minh City.

The route will also link Long An International Seaport and other southwestern provinces, contributing to driving up socio-economic development in the province and the region.

The trio were proposed to have six lanes each, with the steel-arch bridge over the Can Giuoc River set to be 568 meters long.

The cable-stayed bridge over the Vam Co Dong River will have a total length of over 1,350 meters, while the bridge over the Vam Co Tay River will measure 1,410 meters in length.

The trio will be implemented during the 2025-30 period, with a total capital of nearly VND4.8 trillion (US$190 million). 

Of the total, more than VND4 trillion ($160 million) will be sourced from South Korea’s official development assistance loans, while the rest will come from the reciprocal capital.

Besides, the provincial People’s Council passed a project to develop roads leading to the three bridges along Provincial Road 827E at a total cost of over VND3 trillion ($118.7 million).

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