Phước Khánh Bridge

Phước Khánh Bridge Cầu Phước Khánh
Phuoc Khanh Bridge in 2017
Coordinates	10.663°N 106.795°E / 10.663; 106.795
Crosses	Long Tau river
Locale	Dong Nai, Vietnam
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	3,186 metres (10,453 ft); 8,740 metres (28,675 ft) include approach ramps
Width	21.75 metres (71 ft)
Height	135 metres (443 ft)
Longest span	300 metres (984 ft)
Clearance above	55 metres (180 ft)
History
Construction start	July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18)[1]
Opened	2025 (estimated)[2]
Location

Phuoc Khanh Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Phước Khánh), is a bridge being constructed that aims to cross over the Long Tau river, a distributary of the Saigon River in Vietnam.

Description

Planning and Design

Phuoc Khanh Bridge is being constructed as a cable-stayed road bridge and would be the third bridge of the Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway project, itself part of the larger North–South Expressway West.[3] Phuoc Khanh Bridge would cross the Long Tau River, connecting Cần Giờ District with the Nhơn Trạch District, Dong Nai province. It would also serve as a link to the Bien Hoa–Vung Tau Expressway which would ultimately provide a Southeast Asian beltway that would go through Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh City, and Vung Tau together.[4]

The bridge is designed to be 3,186 metres (10,453 ft) long and 21.75 metres (71 ft) wide.[5] When completed, Phuoc Khanh Bridge and Binh Khanh Bridge would be the two bridges with the highest clearance for boat traffic in Vietnam (55 meters).[6][7] It plans to allow for four lanes of traffic at an 80 kph speed limit.[8] The initial investment capital was US$162.3 million with an opening initially slated for 2019.[8]

Construction

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 18, 2015, with the presence and support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.[4] By 2018, the bridge was off schedule, with a 4.7 kilometer road that was meant to connect Phuoc Khanh and Binh Khanh bridges finished before the bridges themselves.[9] Financing issues were cited as causing delays for the bridge and the overall Ben Luc-Long Thanh expressway project in Vietnam.[10] After construction was halted in October 2019 on the Binh Khanh Bridge, officials sent inspectors in attempt to remove the financial and logistical obstacles delaying the Phuoc Khanh project.[11]

On February 21, 2021, an 8,000 ton container ship Phuc Khanh (Phúc Khánh)[12] had its engine stalled while in the Long Tau River and drifted freely until crashing into a crane on the construction site of the Phuoc Khanh bridge project.[13] This incident caused four containers to fall off the ship, and the collapse of construction-related scaffolding along the crane.[14]

See also

• Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway
• Bình Khánh Bridge

References

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4. Vong, Mai (July 20, 2015). "Work begins on Vietnam's highest bridge in Ho Chi Minh City". Thanh Nien Daily. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
5. "Work starts on cable-stayed bridge over Long Tau River". vietnamnews.vn. July 20, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
6. Huy Thịnh (19 July 2015). "Lễ động thổ xây cầu Phước Khánh nối Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh và tỉnh Đồng Nai". Tiền Phong. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
7. Mai Vọng (8 May 2015). "Sắp xây cầu dây văng Bình Khánh nối Nhà Bè và Cần Giờ". Thanh Niên. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
8. "Phuoc Khanh bridge to link southern region - Society". VietnamPlus. June 19, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
9. Tran, Quynh (December 31, 2018). "Longest expressway in southern Vietnam nowhere near completion after 4 years". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
10. Woof, MJ (March 5, 2020). "Vietnam highway construction project facing halt". World Highways. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
11. "Chính phủ yêu cầu thúc đẩy giải ngân cho dự án xây cầu Phước Khánh nối Cần Giờ với huyện Nhơn Trạch, Đồng Nai - DOSA Land". DOSA Land (in Vietnamese). July 22, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
12. Phan Tư. "Toàn cảnh vụ tàu container đâm gãy cầu thi công cầu Phước Khánh". Báo Giao Thông. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
13. Nguyễn Anh (21 February 2021). "Hiện trường tại nạn tàu khủng đâm công trình cầu Phước Khánh". Thanh Niên. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
14. LDO. "Tàu hàng va cầu Phước Khánh: tàu chết máy thủy thủ thả neo nhưng không kịp". Lao Động. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved January 23, 2021.