Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway

CT.29 Expressway
HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway
Đường cao tốc TPHCM-Long Thành-Dầu Giây
Long Thanh bridge on the route pass Dong Nai river
Route information
Part of (Long Thành - Lộ 25) AH1 (Lộ 25 - Long Trường)
Maintained by Vietnam Expressway Corp (VEC)
Length	34 mi (55 km)
Existed	8 February, 2015–present
Major junctions
West end	Mai Chi Tho, Luong Dinh Cua, and Nguyen Thi Dinh street at An Phú Intersection, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
Major intersections	Ring Road 2 Interchange, Phú Hữu, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 Interchange, at Long Truong, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City AH17 at NH51 Interchange, Long Thành District, Dong Nai at Long Thanh Interchange, Long Thành District, Dong Nai at Lộ 25 Interchange, Thong Nhat District, Dong Nai
East end	AH1 at Dau Giay Interchange, Thống Nhất District, Dong Nai.
Location
Country	Vietnam
Provinces	Hồ Chí Minh City, Đồng Nai
Highway system
Transport in Vietnam

The Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway (Vietnamese: Đường cao tốc Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh-Long Thành-Dầu Giây) is an expressway section of the Expressways of Vietnam, 55.7 km long and has its starting point at Long Truong intersection in Thủ Đức and the end point at Dầu Giây Interchange, Thống Nhất district, Đồng Nai. This Expressway is part of the Asian Highway Network (AH1).

This route passes through 2 provinces and cities: HCMC and Đồng Nai.

Planning

According to planning from 2015 to 2021, this entire expressway used to be part of the North-South Expressway[1] before being separated into an independent expressway (only the Long Thành - Lộ 25 section still belongs to this system). However, in reality, this expressway is still denoted as CT.01 on some signposts of this expressway. This expressway is part of the AH1 system (section of Lộ 25 - Long Trường).

Construction

Construction

The project was started on October 3, 2009 with a scale of 4 lanes and a total length of 55.7 km.[2] The investor is Vietnam Expressway Development Investment Corporation (VEC) with total investment in phase I: 997.67 million USD ((equivalent to 20,630 billion VND) [3].The project is sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Completion

About 20 km out of a total of 55 km of the expressway, the section from Ring Road 2 to National Highway 51 in Dong Nai province was opened to traffic on 2 January, 2014.[4].On 29 August, 2014, Ring Road 2 intersection opened to traffic. The 4 km long road from An Phu intersection, Mai Chi Tho Avenue to Ring Road 2 intersection opened to traffic on 10 January, 2015. All The expressway opened to traffic on 2 February, 2015, when the 31 km long Long Thanh - Dau Giay section completed construction.

Extension

Currently, Vietnam Expressway Development Investment Corporation (VEC) is researching investment in expanding the section from Ring Road 2 intersection to the intersection with Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway, 21.92 km long, from 4 to 8 - 10 lanes, total investment is about 14,786 billion VND.

Design

The expressway has a total length of 55.7 km and is divided into two sections:

• An Phú-Ring Road II section: 4 km long, designed according to urban road standards, design speed 80 km/h; Phase 1 scale: four lanes, roadbed width 26.5 m, road surface width 2×7.5 m and emergency stop lane width 2×3 m.
• Ring Road II-Long Thanh-Dau Giay section: designed according to type A Expressway standards TCVN 5729–97, design speed 120 km/h (except Long Thanh Bridge with design speed 100 km/h); Scale of phase 1: 4 lanes, 27.5 m wide roadbed, 2×7.5 m wide road surface and 2×3 m wide emergency stopping lane.

Route details

Speed information table

Lanes

• An Phú-Ring Road II: 4 lanes + 2 motorbike lanes
• Ring Road II-Long Thành-Dầu Giây: 4 lanes + 2 emergency lanes
• Long Thành Bridge: 4 lanes

Length

Total length: 55.7 km

Speed

• An Phú-Ring Road II: 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph)
• Ring Road II-Long Thành-Dầu Giây: 60–120 kilometres per hour (37–75 mph)
• Long Thành Bridge: 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph)

List of interchanges and features

• IC - interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge
• The section coinciding with has its route and intersection number written in italics

No.	Name	Dist. from Origin (km)	Connections	Notes	Location
Connect with Lương Định Của Road
1	An Phú IC	0.0	Vo Van Kiet-Mai Chi Tho Avenue	Beginning of the expressway Construction is underway to expand the scale of the intersection	Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	Thủ Đức
2	Đỗ Xuân Hợp JCT	2.6	Đỗ Xuân Hợp Road	Exit to Do Xuan Hop street Entrance towards An Phu
3	Khang Điền JCT	3.6		Exit towards An Phu
4	Ring Road 2 IC	5.9	Võ Chí Công Road
5	Long Trường IC	8.7	Ring Road 3 HCMC	Under Construction
TG	Long Phước Tollgate	10.8
6	Long Phước IC		Long Phước Road	Proposing
BR	Long Thanh Bridge	↓		pass Đồng Nai River	Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh – Đồng Nai Boundary
SA	Tam An Technical Maintenance Center	14.0			Đồng Nai	Long Thành
7	Provincial Road 319	19.9	Provincial Road 319			Nhơn Trạch
8	National Highway 51 IC	23.5	National Highway 51			Long Thành
9 (3)	Long Thành IC	25.4 (1766.5)	Bien Hoa–Vung Tau Expressway	Connect with Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway Under Construction
10 (2)	Ring Road 4 IC	39.2 (1762.7)	Ring Road 4 HCMC	No construction		Cẩm Mỹ
SA	Rest stop	41.2 (1760.7)
11 (1)	Lộ 25 IC (Cẩm Mỹ IC)	43.5 (1758.4)	Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway			Thống Nhất
TG	Dầu Giây Tollgate	54.6
BR		↓		Pass North–South railway
12	Dầu Giây IC	55.7	National Highway 1
Connect directly to  Dau Giay-Lien Khuong Expressway (No construction)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Proposed       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

References

1. "Dự thảo QUY CHUẨN KỸ THUẬT QUỐC GIA VỀ BÁO HIỆU ĐƯỜNG BỘ - Bộ Giao thông Vận tải Việt Nam (2015)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
2. "TP.HCM - Long Thành - Dầu Giây expressway" (in Vietnamese). VEC. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
3. "Cao tốc TP.HCM - Long Thành - Dầu Giây được đánh giá là công trình có chất lượng vượt trội" (in Vietnamese).
4. Hoàng Thạch Vân. "Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway through photos". Tuổi Trẻ Online. Retrieved 2015-01-16.