On October 22, Mr. Le Duc Tien - Vice Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee confirmed that the Provincial People's Committee has requested relevant units to strengthen management and maintenance of weak bridges on roads managed by the locality.
Through review, the whole Quang Tri province has 87 weak bridges on roads managed by districts and towns; 17 weak bridges on national highways under management and provincial roads under management, including 4 bridges on national highways and 13 bridges on provincial roads.
To ensure safety during the operation of weak bridges, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province requires strengthening regular maintenance inspections, detecting abnormal signs and promptly repairing them; organizing inspections of weak bridges to have plans for upgrading...
“Quang Tri province has assigned the provincial Department of Transport to coordinate with the Department of Planning and Investment, the Department of Finance, etc. to propose a list of investments to build new bridges to replace weak bridges on the roads managed by the locality in order of priority. The weak bridges will be considered by the provincial People's Committee and reported to the competent authority for investment priority in the 2026-2030 medium-term plan,” said Mr. Le Duc Tien.
It is known that in addition to weak bridges, in Quang Tri province there are many damaged bridges, such as H8 bridge (Trung Son commune, Gio Linh district) with a hole in the bridge deck, the beams and steel wheel guard have peeled off; Block 6 bridge in Khe Sanh town (Huong Hoa district) with wheel guard, bridge deck damaged, four cones washed away; Tuong Ky bridge in Vinh Tu commune (Vinh Linh district) with stone bridge abutments sinking, the bridge deck sagging, the bridge railing collapsed; Hoi bridge in Vinh Long commune (Vinh Linh district) with damaged bridge abutments, sinking, posing a potential traffic accident risk...
