Dragon Bridge (Da Nang)

Dragon Bridge

Cầu Rồng
Dragon Bridge; Cầu Rồng
Coordinates	16°03′40″N 108°13′36″E / 16.06111°N 108.22667°E
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists
Crosses	Han River
Locale	Da Nang, Vietnam
Characteristics
Material	Steel
Total length	666 metres (2,185 ft)
Width	37.5 metres (123 ft)
Longest span	200 metres (660 ft)
Clearance below	7 metres (23 ft)
History
Designer	Ammann & Whitney
Constructed by	Company No. 508, an affiliate of Civil Construction Engineering Corporation No.5, and Bridge Company No. 75. Civil Engineering Corporation No. 1 construction main structure ( Pier, main girder, arch)
Construction start	19 July 2009
Construction end	29 March 2013
Location

The Dragon Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Rồng) is a bridge over the River Hàn in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Construction of the bridge began on 19 July 2009 (the same day as the inauguration of the nearby Thuận Phước Bridge) when former prime minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung and many high-ranking government officials attended the groundbreaking ceremony.^[1]

Dragon Bridge is 666m long, 37.5m wide and has six lanes for traffic. It opened to traffic on March 29, 2013, at a cost of nearly VND 1.5 trillion dong (US$88m).^[2] The bridge was designed by the US-based Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers with Louis Berger Group. Construction was undertaken by Company No. 508, an affiliate of Civil Construction Engineering Corporation No.5, and Bridge Company No. 75.

The main span was completed on October 26, 2012. The bridge was opened to traffic on March 29, 2013, the 38th anniversary of the capture of Da Nang City by North Vietnamese forces (known as the Liberation of Da Nang in Vietnam) during the Vietnam War (known as the American War in Vietnam).^[3]

This modern bridge crosses the Han River^[4] at the Le Dinh Duong/Bach Dang traffic circle, providing the shortest road link from the Da Nang International Airport to other main roads in Da Nang city, and a more direct route to My Khe Beach and Non Nuoc Beach on the eastern edge of the city. The bridge was designed and built in the shape of a dragon and to breathe fire and water each Saturday and Sunday night at 9 pm.

References

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