North–South Expressway East
CT.01 Expressway | ||||
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| North-South Expressway East | ||||
| Đường cao tốc Bắc–Nam phía Đông | ||||
Map of the CT.01 expressway with operational (blue) and under construction (pink) sections | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Part of AH1 (Ringway 3 (Hanoi)) (Nghệ An - Đà Nẵng) (Lộ 25 - Long Thành) (Ringway 3 (HCMC)) (An Hữu - Châu Thành) (Long Thành - Tân Hiệp) | ||||
| Maintained by Vietnam Expressway Corp (VEC), Đèo Cả Group, Sơn Hải Group | ||||
| Length | 2,063 km (1,282 mi) | |||
| Status | Under construction | |||
| Existed | 1/1/2002 (23 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) 3/2/2010 Expressway (15 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)–present | |||
| History | Expected completion in 2025-26 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | G7211 in Lạng Sơn | |||
| South end | Ca Mau Ring Road, Cà Mau | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Vietnam | |||
| Provinces | LS, BG, BN, HNa, NĐ, NB, TH, NA, HT, QB, QT, Hu, QNa, QNg, BĐ, PY, KH, NT, BT, ĐN, HCMC, LA, TG, ĐT, VL, CT, HG, BL, KG, CM | |||
| Municipalities | Hanoi, Đà Nẵng, Hồ Chí Minh City, Cần Thơ | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The North–South Expressway East (Vietnamese: Đường cao tốc Bắc–Nam phía Đông) is an expressway in Vietnam located very close to National Route 1, acting as an artery traversing the entirety of Vietnam from North to South. Similar to National Route 1, the expressway starts from Lạng Sơn and ends at Cà Mau. At the northern border, the expressway will connect to Nanning-Youyiguan Expressway in China.
The project has a total length of 2,063 kilometres (1,282 mi), starting at Huu Nghi border gate (Lạng Sơn) and terminating at the ring road of Cà Mau city. The control points of the expressway are located in the Eastern Transport Corridor, running almost parallel to the upgraded and expanded National Highway 1. The North-South Expressway is being built with 18 sections acting as nodes: Lạng Sơn, Hà Nội, Ninh Bình, Thanh Hóa, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Trị, Đà Nẵng, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Nha Trang, Phan Thiết, Dầu Giây, Long Thành, Bến Lức, HCMC - Trung Luong, My Thuan, Cần Thơ and Cà Mau, with a total cost estimate of VND 350 trillion (equivalent to US$18.5 billion).