People are worried about traffic on the seriously degraded suspension bridge.
(Baonghean.vn) - An Ngai suspension bridge on Con river connecting Tan An and Tan Huong communes in Tan Ky district (Nghe An) is seriously degraded, causing difficulties for people and vehicles to cross the bridge and posing potential risks of accidents.
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An Ngai suspension bridge is 180m long, 2m wide, and was built in 2007. The bridge connects Tan An and Tan Huong communes and is considered the "gateway" for people from the communes to the center of Tan Ky district. Every day, hundreds of people pass by, most of them are students from Tan Huong secondary and high schools going to Tan An commune to go to school. Photo: Xuan Thuy |
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The structural system on the bridge has shown signs of deterioration, in particular, many sections have been severely damaged, posing a potential risk of accidents for people, especially during the rainy season. The bridge's planks are rotten, many iron braces have lost their screws, so they bend upwards like blades, posing a danger to road users. Photo: Ho Phuong |
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According to the reporter's observation, hundreds of screws and iron bolts fixed on the wooden panels of An Ngai bridge have been lost, creating many very large holes. There are many holes on the bridge nearly 30cm wide and nearly 50cm long. Photo: Xuan Thuy |
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The bridge system has been separated, many sections have lost their function of shielding people and vehicles. Photo: Ho Phuong |
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Large wooden planks that have not been repaired for a long time have rotted and are about to fall off the bridge. Photo: Xuan Thuy |
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Mr. Tran Dinh Doan (born in 1991), hamlet 12 Tan Huong said: "Many times when I crossed the bridge, the wheel fell into the hole, the bridge planks bounced off and made a loud noise, once I even fell, the wheel was bent, luckily the person did not fall into the river." Photo: Ho Phuong |
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Mr. Cao Tien Thin - Chairman of Tan An Commune People's Committee said that since the bridge was put into use until now, it has been repaired 3 times, 2 times by the commune and 1 time by the district. This state of degradation has been going on for 3 to 4 years now. Fortunately, there have been no fatalities, however, accidents on the bridge have happened many times." Photo: Xuan Thuy |