Rạch Miễu Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Rạch Miễu Bridge
Native Name:Vietnamese: Cầu Rạch Miễu
Carries:2 lanes (1 each way)
Crosses:Mekong river
Locale:Tiền Giang & Bến Tre,
Maint:Tổng công ty Tư vấn thiết kế GTVT (TEDI)
Design:Cable-stayed bridge
Mainspan:270m (890feet)
Height:117m (384feet)
Length:2868m (9,409feet), 8331m (27,333feet) include approaches
Width:12m (39feet)
Below:37.5m (123feet)
Begin:30 April 2002
Open:19 January 2009

Rạch Miễu Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Rạch Miễu) is a cable-stayed bridge in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The bridge connects Tiền Giang Province (Mỹ Tho) with Bến Tre Province, over the Mekong. Construction began on 30 April 2002 and was completed on 19 January 2009, when the bridge was inaugurated. With a total length is, including approach ramps, the main bridge is long.

Under the original schedule, the bridge would have been completed and opened for traffic in late 2007.

Review

Although newly completed, Rạch Miễu bridge has some traffic problems, especially on holidays. Lunar New Year of the Ox in 2009, it was stuck in rush hours from 29th to 6th of Lunar calendar, one of the causes of traffic congestion is due to happen for the traffic on the narrow bridge, while being some vendors do where encroachment trafficking, in addition to those people who visit and take pictures on demand.