Close-up of degraded, rusty bridges in Hanoi

TPO - Currently, throughout Hanoi city, there are 167 residential bridges, temporary bridges, and weak bridges that are seriously degraded but still "carry" thousands of vehicles passing through every day.

03/22/2025 | 06:00

TPO - Currently, throughout Hanoi city, there are 167 residential bridges, temporary bridges, and weak bridges that are seriously degraded but still "carry" thousands of vehicles passing through every day.

VIDEO: Temporary bridges, weak and degraded bridges in Hanoi.

According to the Hanoi People's Committee, the city currently has 167 bridges, temporary bridges, and weak bridges that are deteriorating and potentially dangerous to people. Of these, 53 bridges are managed by the city, while the rest are managed by districts, towns, and cities.

It is expected that the city will spend about 2,500 billion VND to support the construction and repair of bridges under the management of localities. Because these are all temporary and degraded bridges, most of them only ensure one lane or meet the needs of rudimentary vehicles and motorbikes.

According to the reporter's records, there are many temporary bridges built along the Kim Nguu River. These bridges carry many vehicles every day.

With steel bridges, the beams and horizontal connection systems are mostly rusted, the main beams of many bridges have degraded.

Busy vehicles moving on the temporary bridge on Kim Nguu street.

Temporary bridges across the Kim Nguu River all limit vehicle height to 2.3m and load capacity to 8 tons.

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Because they were built a long time ago, the steel of these bridges has rusted.

"The bridge over Kim Nguu River was built a long time ago, and used to allow motorbikes and bicycles to pass through, but after many years of deterioration, the authorities only allow pedestrians to cross the bridge," said Mr. Hiep (Hoang Mai, Hanoi).

A weak bridge on Kim Nguu street, few people dare to cross.

The bridge deck is patchwork of steel plates and concrete blocks.

"When I cross these bridges, I can clearly see the shaking. Although I'm a bit scared, I still have to go to get to the other side," said Mr. Tai (Hoang Mai, Hanoi).

Image of temporary bridge across Lu River.

The bridge surface has large grooves and holes, posing a potential risk to road users.

Similarly, another bridge across the Set River is seriously deteriorating.

People living in the area said the bridge needs to be repaired to ensure people's travel.

The railings and many steel structures were corroded by rust and were patchily repaired.

Nam Giang

Source: https://tienphong.vn/can-canh-nhung-cay-cau-xuong-cap-hoen-ri-o-ha-noi-post1726308.tpo