Linking Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway and My Thuan – Can Tho Expressway to complete the route from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta city Can Tho, the My Thuan 2 Bridge (R) has drawn VND5 trillion (US$216 million) from the state budget.
With six lanes allowing maximum speeds of 80 km per hour, it spans 6.6 kilometers and is 350 meters upstream from the My Thuan Bridge on the Tien River, one of two main Mekong branches in Vietnam.
Started in 2020, construction of the bridge is now 95% complete.
Le Quoc Dung, deputy director of the Ministry of Transport's Project Management Unit 7, the investor of the project, said construction units are focusing on the last completion steps including installing railings, implementing the transport safety system, and finalizing the surface to wrap the project up later this year.
The bridge's surface is 28-meter wide, and it is supported by two 125.5-meter high towers, with 128 cable units.
Playing an important role of the North-South Expressway, it is expected to relieve the traffic pressure that the My Thuan Bridge is currently bearing, especially on public holidays.
At the same time, the My Thuan - Can Tho Expressway is 75% complete, with construction units focusing on completing the final construction processes.
Spanning a length of 23 kilometers, the expressway will run from My Thuan Bridge 2 in Tien Giang Province to the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.
Construction of this section started in 2021, and has cost VND4.8 trillion.
Construction workers finalizing the surface of the expressway.
Measuring 17-meter wide, the expressway’s surface will have four lanes allowing speeds up to 80 kilometers per hour.
The My Thuan - Can Tho section in its final completion process.
My Thuan Project Management Board said the surface of the expressway is expected to be completed by mid-December, with workers spending 18 hours a day working on the project.
The expressway’s concluding point in Vinh Long Province, which leads to the route to Can Tho Bridge.
The investor of My Thuan - Can Tho Expressway estimates that it will take passengers only two hours travel from HCMC to Can Tho City once the project is completed, compared to the current four-hour trip.
