The Hanoi–Thai Nguyen Expressway ( vi, Đường cao tốc Hà Nội–Thái Nguyên) is an expressway in Vietnam. It connects
Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
with
Thái Nguyên
Thái Nguyên () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital and largest city of Thái Nguyên Province. The city is listed as a first class city and is the ninth largest city in Vietnam. It has long been famous throughout Vietnam for its Tân Cư ...
. The maximum speed is 100 km/h and the expressway has 4 lanes.
Development
Thai Nguyen is a major industrial center of the Red River Delta. The expressway improves access between factories and cargo hubs such as
Noi Bai International Airport
Nội Bài International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Nội Bài) in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is the second largest and busiest airport for passenger traffic, after Tan Son Nhat International Airport. It is currently the main airpo ...
,
Hai Phong
Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta.
Haiphong wa ...
Port and
Ha Long
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Port, forming a faster, higher capacity alternative to . The investment budget was a 10,000 billion VND, with about two thirds of that amount being Japanese development loans, the rest financed by the Vietnamese government.
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Construction started in 2009][ In 2018 it was reported that several long sections of the road had severe rutting and subsidence, which had to be repaired the same year. In 2019, additional repairs for the same issue had to be carried out.]
References
Expressways in Vietnam
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