Carries 2 lanes (1 each way) Design Cable-stayed bridge Opened 19 January 2009 Longest span 270 m Bridge type Cable-stayed bridge | Crosses Mekong river Height 117 m Width 12 m Location Tien Giang Province | |
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Locale Tiền Giang & Bến Tre, Vietnam Maintained by Tổng công ty Tư vấn thiết kế GTVT (TEDI) Total length 2,868 metres (9,409 ft), 8,331 meters (27,333 ft) include approaches Similar Mỹ Thuận Bridge, Can Tho Bridge, Vĩnh Tràng Temple, Cầu Vàm Cống, Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge | ||
Rạch Miễu Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Rạch Miễu) is a cable-stayed bridge in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The bridge connects Tiền Giang Province (Mỹ Tho) with Bến Tre Province, over the Mekong. The construction began on 30 April 2002 and achieved completion on 19 January 2008, also its inaugural date. Total length is 8331 m, including approach ramps, the main bridge is 2868 m.
Contents
- Map of CE1BAA7u RE1BAA1ch MiE1BB85u ThC3A0nh phE1BB91 ME1BBB9 Tho TiE1BB81n Giang Vietnam
- Review
- References
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Under the original schedule, this bridge should have been completed and opened for traffic in late 2007.
Review
Although newly completed, Rạch Miễu bridge has some traffic problems, especially on holidays. Lunar New Year of the Ox in 2009, it was stuck in rush hours from 29th to 6th of Lunar calendar, one of the causes of traffic congestion is due to happen for the traffic on the narrow bridge, while being some vendors do where encroachment trafficking, in addition to those people who visit and take pictures on demand.