Special steel arch bridge over Huong River closed

TPO - Nguyen Hoang Bridge - a special steel arch bridge - across the Huong River in the central area of ​​Hue City has just completed its construction. The project has a total investment of more than 2,280 billion VND.

Started on December 23, 2022, the Nguyen Hoang Street and Huong River Overpass Project (Hue City) invested by the Thua Thien-Hue Province Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board (TT-Hue) has completed about 80% of the work volume for the bridge section.

The project has a total investment of more than 2,280 billion VND.

This bridge over the Huong River is made of steel arches, reinforced concrete (RC) and prestressed RC, with a total length of about 643 m, of which the bridge length is 350 m. At the main span of 180 m, 2 separate steel arches are arranged along both sides of the bridge, separating the motor vehicle section from the non-motor vehicle section and the sidewalk. The bridge width is 43 m, including 6 motor vehicle lanes, of which the road surface width is 21 m.

These steel structures extending out into the riverbed are the future pedestrian walkway on Nguyen Hoang Bridge.

The starting point of the bridge project is adjacent to the Nguyen Hoang extended road project, at the intersection of Kim Long - Nguyen Phuc Nguyen - Nguyen Hoang roads, in Kim Long ward (Hue city).

The end point is at the intersection of Bui Thi Xuan Street, in Phuong Duc Ward, adjacent to the Ring Road 3 project (Hue City). Nguyen Hoang Street is 43m wide, according to the scale of the Nguyen Hoang Street project being invested and implemented, including 6 lanes.

By early September, the main contractor constructing the overpass was maintaining a workforce of about 190 people to organize the construction of the project to ensure the set progress.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Thai Dinh Dao - Deputy Construction Team of Nguyen Hoang Bridge - said that the current construction of the bridge ensures progress with the completed volume reaching 80% of the contract value. The unit is both constructing and dismantling scaffolding to ensure safety of waterway traffic and flood drainage of Huong River during the rainy and stormy season.

The project is expected to be technically open to traffic by the end of this year. The current difficulty is that the construction volume of the road at both ends of the bridge is not much due to problems with site clearance.

Mr. Bui Ngoc Chanh - Deputy Director of Hue City Land Fund Development Center - said that the unit is currently focusing on speeding up site clearance at the Nguyen Hoang Bridge project. There are still some households on the route that have not yet handed over the site. It is expected that by September 30, the entire site will be handed over to the project.

Currently, contractors are focusing on human resources, vehicles, and machinery to shorten the project completion time to March 2025 (instead of December 2025) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the homeland of TT-Hue.

Ngoc Van - The Nghia

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