On the morning of December 19, Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) held an inauguration ceremony for Binh Khanh Bridge - a project under Package J1, Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway Construction Project.
Binh Khanh Bridge crosses the Soai Rap River, connecting Hiep Phuoc Commune (old Nha Be District) with Binh Khanh Commune (old Can Gio District), with a total investment of more than VND 3,700 billion, implemented by Japanese consulting units and contractors, using preferential loans (STEP of the Japanese Government).
The project has a global length of 2,764 m, of which the cable-stayed bridge is 749.5 m long, the main span is 375 m; the approach road on both sides is about 1,694 m long and the overpass on Nguyen Van Tao and Nguyen Huu Tho streets is 320 m long.
The cross-section of the bridge is on a 4-lane high-speed scale, the tower is about 155 m high, the boat clearance is 55 m.
Binh Khanh Bridge started construction in August 2015. However, by the end of 2018, when it had only reached about 70% of the volume, the project had to be temporarily suspended for a long time due to a number of objective reasons, including changes in mechanisms and policies and failure to arrange ODA capital.
In September 2022, Package J1 was restarted; Binh Khanh Bridge was re-constructed from March 2023.
