Nhật Tân Bridge
Nhật Tân Bridge | |
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Nhật Tân Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 21°05′34″N 105°49′15″E / 21.092811°N 105.820706°E |
| Crosses | Sông Hồng (Red River) |
| Locale | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Other name(s) | Cầu Nhật Tân |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 3,700 metres (12,139 ft) (8,300 metres (27,231 ft) include approach ramps) |
| Width | 33.2 metres (109 ft) |
| Longest span | 4x300 metres (984 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 7 March 2009 |
| Opened | 4 January 2015 |
| Location | |
The Nhật Tân Bridge (or Vietnam–Japan Friendship Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River in Hanoi, inaugurated on 4 January 2015. It forms part of a new six-lane highway linking Hanoi and Noi Bai International Airport. The project is funded by a Japan International Cooperation Agency ODA loan.
Nhat Tan Bridge has a total length of 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi), including a 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) bridge, with 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) cable-stayed bridge with five spans crossing the Red River. The bridge is 33.2 metres (109 ft) wide, divided into four lanes for motorized vehicles, two lanes for buses, two lanes for mixed vehicles and pedestrian paths. Each span has 11 pairs of cables.