The Bãi Cháy Bridge ( vi, Cầu Bãi Cháy, links=no) is a
cable-stayed bridge on Highway 18, connecting
Hồng Gai
Hồng Gai is a ward () of Hạ Long city in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainla ...
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Bãi Cháy over the Cửa Lục straits, separating Cửa Lục Bay with
Hạ Long Bay, on the territory of
Hạ Long city,
Quảng Ninh province,
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. Bãi Cháy Bridge 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 people of Quảng Ninh, tourists inside and outside Vietnam, 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
* Construction Contractor: Shimizu-Sumitomo Mitsui Construction
Gallery
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
See also
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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 is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a longer span than anot ...
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Transport in Vietnam
Transportation in Vietnam is improving rapidly in terms of both quantity and quality. Especially road traffic is growing rapidly but the major roads are dangerous and slow to travel on due to outdated design and an inappropriate traffic mix. In re ...
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List of bridges
The list of bridges is a link page for any bridges that are notable enough to have an article, or that are likely to have an article in the future, sorted alphabetically by country.
Lists of bridges by country
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References
Cable-stayed bridges in Vietnam
Bridges completed in 2006
Road bridges in Vietnam
Buildings and structures in Quảng Ninh province
Shimizu Corporation
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