Phước Khánh Bridge Cầu Phước Khánh | |
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Coordinates | 10°39′47″N 106°47′42″E / 10.663°N 106.795°E |
Crosses | Long Tau river |
Locale | Dong Nai, Vietnam |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
Total length | 3,186 metres (10,453 ft); 8,740 metres (28,675 ft) include approach ramps |
Width | 21.75 metres (71 ft) |
Height | 135 metres (443 ft) |
Longest span | 300 metres (984 ft) |
Clearance above | 55 metres (180 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | July 18, 2015[1] |
Opened | 2025 (estimated) [2] |
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Phuoc Khanh Bridge ( Vietnamese: Cầu Phước Khánh), is a bridge being constructed that aims to cross over the Long Tau river, a distributary of the Saigon River in Vietnam.
Phuoc Khanh Bridge is being constructed as a cable-stayed road bridge and would be the third bridge of the Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway project, itself part of the larger North–South Expressway West. [3] Phuoc Khanh Bridge would cross the Long Tau River, connecting Cần Giờ District with the Nhơn Trạch District, Dong Nai province. It would also serve as a link to the Bien Hoa–Vung Tau Expressway which would ultimately provide a Southeast Asian beltway that would go through Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh City, and Vung Tau together. [4]
The bridge is designed to be 3,186 metres (10,453 ft) long and 21.75 metres (71 ft) wide. [5] When completed, Phuoc Khanh Bridge and Binh Khanh Bridge would be the two bridges with the highest clearance for boat traffic in Vietnam (55 meters). [6] [7] It plans to allow for four lanes of traffic at an 80 kph speed limit. [8] The initial investment capital was US$162.3 million with an opening initially slated for 2019. [8]
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 18, 2015, with the presence and support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. [4] By 2018, the bridge was off schedule, with a 4.7 kilometer road that was meant to connect Phuoc Khanh and Binh Khanh bridges finished before the bridges themselves. [9] Financing issues were cited as causing delays for the bridge and the overall Ben Luc-Long Thanh expressway project in Vietnam. [10] After construction was halted in October 2019 on the Binh Khanh Bridge, officials sent inspectors in attempt to remove the financial and logistical obstacles delaying the Phuoc Khanh project. [11]
On February 21, 2021, an 8,000 ton container ship Phuc Khanh (Phúc Khánh) [12] had its engine stalled while in the Long Tau River and drifted freely until crashing into a crane on the construction site of the Phuoc Khanh bridge project. [13] This incident caused four containers to fall off the ship, and the collapse of construction-related scaffolding along the crane. [14]