Tu My Bridge at Km26+500 National Highway 32C connecting Lam Son Commune, Tam Nong District and Dong Luong Commune, Cam Khe District (Phu Tho Province) was built in 1996. After nearly 3 decades of serving the people, this bridge across the Bua River has now deteriorated.
According to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters on October 23, almost all structures of Tu My Bridge are being repaired, and there are many unfinished items at the construction site.
It can be seen that the area of the two bridge abutments has been demolished, the bridge piers are being expanded to increase load-bearing capacity, the two river banks are also being reinforced... many machines and materials are gathered in this area.
From September 9, 2024 until now, since the Phong Chau bridge collapse, Tu My bridge has banned all cars, only bicycles, motorbikes, and rudimentary vehicles can cross this bridge.
Mr. Nguyen Van Son - owner of Son Ha passenger bus company operating on the Cam Khe - My Dinh route (Hanoi) - shared: "Since Tu My bridge banned cars due to repairs, the bus company had to go around Song Bua bridge, Phong Chau bridge is no longer there so we have to go around Ngoc Thap bridge (connecting Tam Nong with Phu Tho town) once more, spending more on gas is one thing, but losing a lot of regular customers because of the route change".
According to information publicly posted on the National Bidding Network, the above construction site images belong to the project of Overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, repairing and ensuring traffic safety step 2 of Tu My bridge at Km26+500, National Highway 32C, with a total investment of 27 billion VND.
This project is invested by the Department of Transport of Phu Tho province, Toan Thinh Joint Stock Company is the winning bidder for construction of this project from the end of April 2024.
According to a representative of the Traffic Construction and Maintenance Project Management Board (project management unit, under the Department of Transport of Phu Tho province), the project is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of 2024.
With the repair time still being extended, Tu My bridge will continue to limit traffic. For cars moving from Tam Nong district to Cam Khe district and vice versa, they will have to go around Song Bua bridge at Km4+323 of the inter-regional road, about 3.5km from Tu My bridge in the direction upstream of Bua river.
