Inauguration of the railway overpass connecting National Highway 46 with National Highway 1A

(Baonghean.vn) -On the afternoon of January 31, Nghe An Department of Transport held the inauguration ceremony of the railway overpass connecting National Highway 46 with National Highway 1A and the North-South railway.

Attending the ceremony were Politburo members: Nguyen Sinh Hung - Chairman of the National Assembly, Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Deputy Prime Minister; Party Central Committee members: Nguyen The Trung - Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization, Nguyen Hanh Phuc - Head of the National Assembly Office, Vuong Dinh Hue - Head of the Central Economic Committee, Dinh La Thang - Minister of Transport, Nguyen Xuan Thang - President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Phan Dinh Trac - Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Internal Affairs, Nguyen Dac Vinh - Alternate Party Central Committee member - First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union; representatives of central ministries, departments and branches.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Tran Hong Chau - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, representatives of provincial departments, branches, and districts, cities and towns in the province.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

Minister Dinh La Thang speaks at the inauguration ceremony

The railway overpass of National Highway 46 with National Highway 1A and the North-South railway was added to the project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A, Quan Hanh - Quan Banh section by the Prime Minister in Document No. 479/TTg-KTN dated April 16, 2014 and was approved by the Ministry of Transport to add items to the project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A, Quan Hanh - Quan Banh section in Decision No. 1839/QD-BGTVT dated May 16, 2014, with the length of the bridge to the end of the abutment: L = 395.5m, including 10 Super T simple girder spans; Overpass width B = 12m.

Construction of the project started in August 2014. After 6 months of construction, the project has been completed with quality assurance, 9 months ahead of schedule.

Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee spoke at the inauguration ceremony

Comrade Nguyen Hong Ky - Director of Nghe An Department of Transport reported the results of the overpass project implementation.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrades Dinh La Thang - Minister of Transport, Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: The early handover of the project into operation and use will create convenient connections between Cua Lo port and the western districts of Nghe An with National Highway 1A, as well as reduce traffic volume into Vinh city, contributing to reducing congestion and ensuring traffic safety, will bring great benefits to tourism development as well as create favorable conditions to promote economic development of the East-West economic corridor as well as the whole region. Minister Dinh La Thang highly appreciated the efforts of the investor, the construction unit, ensuring construction quality and progress, and the localities, especially the people in the project area, to create favorable conditions for site clearance for project construction.

On this occasion, the Ministry of Transport and the Provincial People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the construction of the railway overpass project of National Highway 46 with National Highway 1A and the North-South railway.

Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the overpass.

Minister Dinh La Thang awarded certificates of merit from the Ministry of Transport to construction units.

Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien awarded Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee to the construction units.

Quan Banh overpass opens to traffic.

Video clip of the railway overpass inauguration ceremony:

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Sy Minh - Thanh Le