Height 9 m Other dimensions width 33.3 m Construction started 2005 | Structural system Immersed Tunnel System Opened 2004 Civil engineer Oriental Consultants Inaugurated 20 November 2011 | |
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Architect Oriental Consultants in association with TEDI & APECO Similar Thủ Thiêm Bridge, Phú Mỹ Bridge, Saigon Bridge, Bến Thành Market, Bitexco Financial Tower | ||
The Saigon River Tunnel is an underwater tunnel that opened on November 20, 2011. It runs underneath the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam. The tunnel was built with capital from JCIA's ODA, in conjunction with a consortium of Japanese contractors. The tunnel connects the existing urban center of Ho Chi Minh City with Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2. The Saigon River Tunnel is part of the East-West Highway（Vietnamese：-{Đại Lộ Đông - Tây}-）, an important road project under construction to ease the congestion of transport in the inner city as well as transportation from downtown to the Mekong Delta region. The existing downtown was previously only linked with the Thu Thiem New Urban Area by many bridges, namely: Thủ Thiêm Bridge, Phú Mỹ Bridge and Ba Son Bridge.