On the morning of December 19, together with the whole country, Thanh Hoa province held a technical opening ceremony for the North-South railway overpass project and the system of roads at both ends of the bridge on the East-West Boulevard, Hac Thanh Ward; at the same time, the Cam Van bridge project across the Ma River was inaugurated, welcoming the 14th National Congress of the Party.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly and Mr. Trinh Tuan Sinh - Deputy Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee attended the opening ceremony of the North-South railway overpass. At the inauguration site of Cam Van Bridge, the ceremony was attended by Ms. Do Thi Toan - Deputy Head of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board and Mr. Cao Van Cuong - Vice Chairman of the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee.
The North-South railway overpass project is permanently built with reinforced concrete, designed in a cable-stayed style, with a total investment of 647 billion VND. The project has a 25 m wide bridge surface, arranged with four lanes for motor vehicles and two mixed lanes.
The project started in May 2024, of which the construction cost was more than VND513 billion, the rest was for site clearance and related items.
According to the design, the project has a total length of nearly 800 m, including a main bridge over 276 m long and a system of approach roads at both ends of the bridge over 500 m long. The highlight of the project is the designed and sturdy steel cable system, combined with a decorative LED lighting system, creating an aesthetic effect at night, contributing to the formation of a traffic project with the mark of modern urban architecture.
For the Cam Van bridge project, the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province approved the investment in September 2023, with a total investment of 330 billion VND. The Thanh Hoa Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board is assigned as the investor.
Cam Van Bridge is built with reinforced concrete and prestressed reinforced concrete, according to TCVN 11823-2017 standards. The project has a global width of 12 m, the bridge length to the end of the abutment is 612.43 m, including 19 spans, of which 15 spans are 33 m long and 4 spans are 24 m long.
The approach roads at both ends of the bridge have been newly invested in and built, ensuring the scale of a level III plain road, with a design speed of 80 km/h.
After nearly a year of construction, Cam Van Bridge has been officially opened to technical traffic, contributing to completing the regional traffic connection, creating favorable conditions for travel and trade for people on both banks of the Ma River, while promoting local socio-economic development.
