Cần Thơ Bridge: Difference between revisions

'''Cần Thơ Bridge''' ({{lang-vi|Cầu Cần Thơ}}), is a [[cable-stayed bridge]] over the Hậu ([[Bassac River|Bassac]]) River, the largest [[distributary]] of the [[Mekong River]], in the city of [[Cần Thơ]] in southern [[Vietnam]]. The bridge is 2.75 kilometres long (1.68 miles). It has a 6-lane [[dual carriageway|carriageway]] measuring 23 metres (76&nbsp;feet) in width, with 4 lanes for traffic and two lanes for bicycles and motorbikes. It has a [[air draft|clearance]] of 39 metres (128&nbsp;feet), which allows large ships to pass underneath it.<ref name=VietnamBridge>{{cite web|title=SE Asia’s longest cable-stayed bridge underway in Can Tho |url=http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/2004-09/27/Stories/02.htm |accessdate=September 28, 2007 |date=September 28, 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901211543/http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/2004-09/27/Stories/02.htm |archivedate=September 1, 2007 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> The bridge was inaugurated on April 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Inauguration of Can Tho Bridge, linking a range of transport |url=http://vnpress.org/detail_11556_Inauguration-of-Can-Tho-Bridge-linking-a-range-of-transport.html |accessdate=June 2, 2010 |date=April 26, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307204557/http://vnpress.org/detail_11556_Inauguration-of-Can-Tho-Bridge-linking-a-range-of-transport.html |archivedate=March 7, 2012 }}</ref>

 

Prime Minister [[Phan Văn Khải]] launched construction of the bridge on September 25, 2004, which was scheduled to be completed in late 2008. The collapse of the partially built bridge in 2007 delayed its opening. The bridge is one of seventeen bridges planned to integrate the [[Mekong Delta]] into the road network of Vietnam by 2020. The bridge replaced the network of ferries on the [[National Route 1A (Vietnam)|National Route 1A]] linking [[Vĩnh Long Province]] on the east shore with Cần Thơ city on the westbank.<ref name=VietnamBridge />

 

The construction of the bridge was supervised by the consultant group Nippon Koei-Chodai and contracted to several Japanese [[general contractor|contractors]]: [[Taisei Corporation]], [[Kajima Construction]] and [[Nippon Steel]]. [[Capital (economics)|Capital]] for the project was funded by the [[Japan International Cooperation Agency]] with [[official development assistance]] loan from the [[Japan Bank of International Cooperation]] and the Vietnamese government.<ref name=VietnamBridge /> Cần Thơ Bridge is insured by the Petrolimex Joint Stock Insurance Company and PetroVietnam Insurance Company for 3.2 trillion Vietnamese đồng (200 million U.S. dollars).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridge collapse kills at least 52 |url=http://www.saigontimes.com.vn/daily/detail.asp?muc=1&Sobao=3034&SoTT=1 |accessdate=September 29, 2007 |date=2007-09-28}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

 

 

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