The Nhật Tân Bridge (or ''Vietnam–Japan Friendship Bridge'') is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River in

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 ...

, inaugurated on 4 January 2015. It forms part of a new six-lane highway linking Hanoi and

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 ...

. The project is funded by a

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ODA loan. Nhat Tan Bridge has a total length of , including a bridge, with cable-stayed bridge with five spans crossing the Red River. The bridge is wide, divided into four lanes for motorized vehicles, two lanes for buses, two lanes for mixed vehicles and pedestrian paths. Each span has 11 pairs of cables. Nhat Tan Bridge was designed and built to become a new icon of the capital, its five towers symbolizing the five ancient gates of Hanoi. In the summer of 2017, Hanoi partnered with the Dutch company

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to illuminate the bridge at night. The system is claimed to be able to create 16.7 million colors.

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Hong River Bridges in Hanoi Bridges completed in 2015 Cable-stayed bridges in Vietnam Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan–Vietnam relations Bridge light displays {{Vietnam-bridge-struct-stub