Three mega transport projects to be put into operation next week
The most modern train station in Vietnam, the largest cable-stayed bridge and the expressway connecting Noi Bai - Nhat Tan (Vo Nguyen Giap Street) are three billion-dollar super projects that will be put into operation from January 4, 2015.
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The T2 Passenger Terminal Construction Project started in December 2011, with a total investment of nearly 1 billion USD, a floor area of 139,216 m2 including 4 floors. The T2 Passenger Terminal, when put into operation, will overcome the overload situation in the past at T1 Terminal. This terminal has a system of X-ray machines, baggage conveyors, security cameras, air conditioning, radio, fire fighting... imported from developed countries. In particular, the fuel supply system through fuel injection nozzles is used for the first time in Vietnam. |
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Terminal T2 will serve 30,000 passengers with 230 takeoffs and landings per day; capacity to serve 10 million passengers/year (2015-2020 period) and 15 million passengers/year (2020-2030 period). |
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| On December 25, Terminal T2 will operate the first trial flight of Vietnam Airlines from Hanoi to Singapore. From December 31, all international flights will officially operate at Terminal T2. Terminal T1 will continue to operate domestic flights. On January 4, 2015, the Ministry of Transport will inaugurate Terminal T2 and VIP Guest House A of Noi Bai International Airport. |
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The Nhat Tan Bridge project and the approach roads at both ends of the bridge have a total investment of 89.943 billion Japanese Yen, equivalent to 13,626 billion VND. The total length of the project is 8,930 m, including a cable-stayed bridge section 3,755 m long, 33.2 m wide; the approach road is 5,170 m long. |
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Nhat Tan is one of the very few continuous multi-span cable-stayed bridges in the world. In addition to the construction technology of multi-span cable-stayed bridges, the main bridge also applies many advanced technologies that are applied for the first time in Vietnam such as steel anchor box technology on tower pillars, monitoring system with many modern devices such as cable tension measurement, steel beam stress measurement... and especially the steel pipe pile ring foundation structure (SPSP). |
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To record the friendship between Vietnam and Japan, the bridge will have two names: "Nhat Tan" and "Vietnam-Japan Friendship". Trucks will not be allowed to travel on the largest cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam. Trucks and containers will travel across Thang Long Bridge. Cars, buses and passenger cars will travel on the 6 lanes as directed. Motorbikes will travel on the 2 service lanes and will not be allowed on the main lane. |
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The road project connecting Noi Bai International Airport to Nhat Tan Bridge (Vo Nguyen Giap Street) was invested in and built to connect the capital city center with Noi Bai Airport, reducing traffic on the North Thang Long - Noi Bai route. |
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The project is over 12 km long, with a total investment of 6,742 billion VND. The main road is designed for a speed of 80 km/h, and the service roads are 40 km/h. |
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| Currently, the main construction items of the project have been completed, but the consultant and contractor will check and review to complete some items outside the main route such as sidewalks, restoring the local irrigation system, reinforcing the slope, and opening the entire route to traffic in early 2015. |
On January 4, 2015, the Ministry of Transport will inaugurate and put into use the following projects: Passenger Terminal T2 - Noi Bai International Airport; Nhat Tan Bridge and the roads leading to both ends of the bridge; the road connecting Noi Bai Airport to Nhat Tan Bridge. These are national key projects, invested by ODA loans from the Government of Japan and counterpart funds from the Government of Vietnam. The above projects are of special importance to the economic and social development of the country in general and Hanoi in particular.
According to Zing
