Nhật Tân Bridge

Nhật Tân Bridge
Coordinates 21°05′07″N 105°49′31″E / 21.0853°N 105.8253°E / 21.0853; 105.8253Coordinates: 21°05′07″N 105°49′31″E / 21.0853°N 105.8253°E / 21.0853; 105.8253
Crosses Sông Hồng (Red River)
Locale Hà Nội, Vietnam
Other name(s) Cầu Nhật Tân
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridge
Total length 3,700 metres (12,139 ft) (8,300 metres (27,231 ft) include approach ramps)
Width 33.2 metres (109 ft)
Longest span 4x300 metres (984 ft)
History
Construction start March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07)
Opened January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04)

The Nhật Tân Bridge (or Vietnam–Japan Friendship Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River in Hanoi, inaugurated on January 4, 2015.[1] It forms part of a new six-lane highway linking Hanoi and Noi Bai International Airport. The project is funded by a Japan International Cooperation Agency ODA loan.[2]

Nhat Tan Bridge has a total length of 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi), including a 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) bridge, with 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) cable-stayed bridge with five spans crossing the Red River. The bridge is 33.2 metres (109 ft) wide, divided into four lanes for motorized vehicles, two lanes for buses, two lanes for mixed vehicles and pedestrian paths. Each span has 11 pairs of cables.

Nhat Tan Bridge was designed and built to become a new icon of the capital, its five towers symbolizing the five ancient gates of Hanoi.[3] In the summer of 2017, Hanoi partnered with the Dutch company Philips to illuminate the bridge at night. The system is claimed to be able to create 16.7 million colors.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Dự án xây dựng cầu Nhật Tân: Tập trung quyết liệt cho GPMB June 7, 2011
  3. ↑ vietnamnet.vn. "Nhat Tan – Vietnam's longest cable-stayed bridge - News VietNamNet". english.vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Philips Lighting Turns Hanoi's Nhật Tân Bridge Into An Illuminated Work Of Art | Lighting News". lightingnews.com.au. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

Coordinates: 21°05′07″N 105°49′31″E / 21.08528°N 105.82528°E / 21.08528; 105.82528

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