Seven key bridges in Hanoi

Thang Long, Nhat Tan, Long Bien, Chuong Duong, Vinh Tuy, Thanh Tri and Dong Tru bridges spanning Red and Duong rivers play a key role in facilitating transport of Hanoi gateway.
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 1Chuong Duong Bridge was built between 1983-1986 (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 2It was built entirely by Vietnamese engineers (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 3The 1,230m, four-lane, steel span bridge spans the Red River and connects Long Bien district with central Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 4The original design of the bridge was estimated to accommodate 7,000 vehicles per day but then the number of vehicles increased by 3-4 times (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 5In the late 1990s, Chuong Duong bridge was constantly overloaded, causing Hanoi to build more rotation systems at the south of the bridge to relieve congestion of the directions of Tran Quang Khai and Tran Nhat Duat streets (Photo: Vietnam+
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 6Chuong Duong bridge is one of the main bridges that moves traffic across the Red River in Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 7The 1.14km long and 55m wide Dong Tru bridge spans the Duong River and links Long Bien district and the suburban district of Dong Anh (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 8It was built entirely by Vietnamese engineers (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 9The Dong Tru arch bridge, made of steel tubes filled with cement, is part of the extended Highway No. 5 project (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 10Dong Tru Bridge helps connect transport infrastructure north of Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 11Long Bien bridge is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoan Kiem and Long Bien of the city of Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 12The bridge was built in 1899-1902 by the architects Daydé & Pillé of Paris, and opened in 1903 (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 13The bridge is for a single rail that runs in the middle, with two sides for motor vehicles and pedestrians (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 14The bridge is seriously degraded and is being repaired to facilitate Hanoi-Lang Son rail route (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 15Nhat Tan bridge is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River in Hanoi, inaugurated on January 4, 2015 (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 16 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 (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 17Nhat Tan Bridge has a total length of 8.3 kilometres, including a 3.7 kilometre bridge, with 1.5 kilometre cable-stayed bridge with five spans crossing the Red River (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 18The bridge is 33.2 metre 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 (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 19Nhat Tan Bridge was designed and built to become a new icon of the capital, its five towers symbolizing the five ancient gates of Hanoi. It also helps shorten time from Noi Bai International Airport to the city's centre (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 20In 1985, the Thang Long bridge was inaugurated after 10 years of construction (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 21It is considered a century-old project of Vietnam-Soviet friendship (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 22The bridge crosses the Red River at the location of km6 300 on Nam Thang Long Highway, connecting Noi Bai International Airport with the center of Hanoi (Photo; Vietnam+
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 23The steel truss bridge is 3,250 m long, consisting of 2 decks with the upper deck for road and the lower deck for railway and bicycles and pedestrians (Photo:Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 24To date, the bridge has been repaired dozens of times, costing millions of USD (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 25The Thanh Trì Bridge (completed 2008) is a bridge across the Red River in Hanoi. It was one of the Millennial Anniversary of Hanoi commemorative projects along with the Vĩnh Tuy Bridge (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 26At 3,084m it is one of the longest bridges in Asia (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 27It is part of the Hanoi Third Ring Road, and is the largest prestressed concrete bridge in Vietnam (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 28Vinh Tuy Bridge, one of seven bridges in Hanoi crossing the Red River, was inaugurated in 2010 (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 29The work was ground-broken on February 3, 2005, using the total investment of nearly VND 3,600 billion in the first phase (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 30The bridge, consisting of eight spans and four lanes of 19.25 m wide, was completely constructed by Vietnamese engineers and workers (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 31This key project helps to complete the planning scheme for Hanoi's ring road II and upgrade the city’s transport infrastructure (Photo: Vietnam+)
Seven key bridges in Hanoi ảnh 32The bridge was recognized by Hanoi’s government as a project to welcome the millennium of Thang Long-Hanoi. It also won a gold medal from the Ministry of Construction for High Quality (Photo:Vietnam+)
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