Ring Road 3 running 90 km and costing more than VND75.3 trillion (US$3.2 billion) will cross Ho Chi Minh City as well as Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An provinces.
Its first phase will stretch 76 km long with four lanes and each locality will be in charge of clearing the site and building the section in their territory.
An overpass will be built to link the ring road with HCMC – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway, which links Dong Nai and HCMC and connects with Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway running from Dong Nai to the beach city of Phan Thiet.
The section in HCMC will stretch 47 km and construction will start on June 18.
Other localities plan to start work on the ring road late this month.
Ring Road No.3 will also link with four other expressways: HCMC – Trung Luong that connects HCMC with the Mekong Delta; Ben Luc – Long Thanh, the longest expressway in the south that will link HCMC with Long Thanh and Dong Nai provinces; HCMC – Moc Bai, connecting the city with Cambodian border; and HCMC – Chon Thanh linking HCMC and Binh Duong.
The section in HCMC will have an elevated part running 13 km. The design allows the city to save costs on site clearance.
An artist's impression of cars moving on the elevated section.
The entire Ring Road No.3 will run 6 km in Long An, and around 11 km each in Binh Duong and Dong Nai.
An impression of Ring Road No.3 in Binh Duong.
The province is in the process of compensating affected families.
An artist's impression of Nhon Trach Bridge crossing the Dong Nai River to link HCMC and Dong Nai as part of the ring road.
The biggest bridge on the road, the bridge itself costs VND1.8 trillion, runs 2.6 km long and 19.5 m wide, including leading roads from both sides stretching 5.6 km in total.
The ring road's first phase is expected to be completed in 2026 to boost socio-economic development for the southern region.
