According to the report of the Department of Transport of Phu Tho province sent to the Provincial People's Committee on the investment plan to build the new Phong Chau bridge on National Highway 32C, the new bridge will be built at the location of the old bridge.
The new bridge has a total length of about 1km, the bridge section is 400m long, the rest is the approach road connecting to the inter-regional traffic route, designed to ensure compliance with the planning of Phu Tho province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.
The new Phong Chau Bridge is designed according to the balanced cantilever bridge plan of reinforced concrete and prestressed reinforced concrete; the total length of the bridge up to the 2 abutments is 393.5m; the total width of the bridge is 21.5m (including 4 lanes for motor vehicles, 2 lanes for non-motor vehicles, median strip, safety strip and bridge railing). Compared to the old bridge that collapsed, there was only 7m of roadway, 1m of sidewalk on each side, 9.5m of bridge surface width... the new Phong Chau Bridge will be more than twice as wide.
The bridge will have an approach road connecting to the inter-regional traffic route, which is designed to be upgraded and expanded to ensure the scale of a level 3 plain road, with a design speed of 80 km/h.
The total investment of the project is 875 billion VND from the central budget.
To promptly resolve the traffic disruption and help people stabilize their lives, the Department of Transport requested the People's Committee of Phu Tho province to report to competent authorities to guide the procedures for implementing the investment in the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge in the form of emergency public investment.
At the same time, allow the application of a special mechanism in the organization of contractor selection to implement all project packages in the form of shortened bidding to speed up the progress of construction investment implementation.
The above plan was coordinated by the Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Traffic, Civil and Industrial Works with the Transport Design Consulting Corporation - Construction Joint Stock Company.
Previously, the Prime Minister directed urgent research and investment in the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge on National Highway 32C.
