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The Bãi Cháy Bridge () is a
The bridge has two outer span of reinforced pre-stressed concrete box beams, which are the widest of the world for this type of bridge. The towers are located on a huge pneumatic caisson foundation system, a modern construction technology first applied in Vietnam on this project. The bridge was constructed using a balanced cantilever technology, wherein the bridge beams reaching out over the water and the aligned ends connect at a head height of above the water level. This technique assured that vessels could still operate normally during the construction process.
The bridge was completed and opened for traffic on December 2, 2006. The bridge was built to address the needs of the local people and tourists, and also to complete the discontinuation of the Bãi Cháy ferry line.
Image:Cầu Bãi Cháy.jpg, Bãi Cháy Bridge view from afar
Image:Cầu Bãi Cháy2.JPG, The bridge during construction
Image:Baichaybridge.jpg, Bãi Cháy Bridge at night
cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...
on Highway 18, connecting Hồng Gai
Hồng Gai is a ward () of Hạ Long city in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a populatio ...
with Bãi Cháy
Bãi Cháy is a ward in Vietnam. It, along with the eastern part known colloquially as Hòn Gai, together make up the city of Hạ Long. Known as the city's "tourism zone", many hotels, beach resorts and other tourism hotspots are located within Bà ...
over the Cá»a Lục straits, separating Cá»a Lục Bay with Hạ Long Bay
Hạ Long Bay or Halong Bay (, ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả c ...
, on the territory of Hạ Long city, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
. It is the first, and at the time of its inauguration, the longest central-line cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam.
Design
The bridge has two outer span of reinforced pre-stressed concrete box beams, which are the widest of the world for this type of bridge. The towers are located on a huge pneumatic caisson foundation system, a modern construction technology first applied in Vietnam on this project. The bridge was constructed using a balanced cantilever technology, wherein the bridge beams reaching out over the water and the aligned ends connect at a head height of above the water level. This technique assured that vessels could still operate normally during the construction process.
The bridge was completed and opened for traffic on December 2, 2006. The bridge was built to address the needs of the local people and tourists, and also to complete the discontinuation of the Bãi Cháy ferry line.
Technical details
* Spans: 5 spans, main span of * Navigable width: * Load: Class A standard Japanese * Cost: about VND 1046 billions, 40-month construction period, to November 30, 2006 termination * Owner: Ministry of Transport, representing the owner: Project Management Unit 18-PMU18 * Design consultant - monitor: Institute of bridges and structures in Japan * Contractor: Shimizu-Sumitomo Mitsui ConstructionGallery
See also
*List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
This list ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the distance between the suspension towers. The length of the main Span (engineering), span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a l ...
* Transport in Vietnam
*List of bridges
The list of bridges contains various notable bridges around the world. The list is sorted by continent, and within continents, sorted alphabetically by country.
Africa
Algeria
* Ouadi El Roukham Bridge
Botswana
*Kazungula Bridge (connects wit ...
References
Cable-stayed bridges in Vietnam Bridges completed in 2006 Road bridges in Vietnam Buildings and structures in Quảng Ninh province Shimizu Corporation {{Vietnam-bridge-struct-stub