Severely degraded, An Ngai suspension bridge (Tan Ky) will be repaired this summer.

An Ngai suspension bridge across Con river is 180m long, 2m wide, built in 2007. The bridge connects Tan An and Tan Huong communes (Tan Ky) and is considered the "gateway" for people from inner communes to the district center, but has been seriously degraded.

Every day, about 1,500 people cross An Ngai Bridge, but because the bridge is narrow, traffic is quite chaotic. Photo: Cam Tu

Every day, more than 500 students and nearly 1,000 people travel across the bridge. Every time they cross the bridge, people are worried because the bridge surface has degraded, especially many sections have been damaged, posing a high risk of safety, especially during the rainy season.

A section of the railing that ensures safety for pedestrians on the bridge has come loose, very dangerous. Photo: Cam Tu

On the bridge, many of the planks are rotten, many of the iron braces have lost their fixing screws, so they bend upwards like blades, posing a danger to road users. Large wooden planks have rotted over time and are about to fall off the bridge. Some sections of the bridge have been separated, losing their protective function for people and vehicles.

Many large holes on the bridge surface pose a danger to road users. Photo: Cam Tu

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien in Xuan Huong hamlet, Huong Son commune (Tan Ky) often passes by this bridge and shares: "I pass by here every day. The load is heavy and the bridge is shaky, especially the railings are not secure in some places, very dangerous, the iron bars pop up like traps, many people who rarely pass by do not know how to avoid getting caught in the wheels and fall, luckily they are not killed."

Although Tan Ky district and Tan Huong and Tan An communes have repaired the bridge every year, because the bridge surface is paved with wooden horizontal and vertical bars that have been used for a long time and have rotted, the wooden bars often peel off and become damaged.

Cam Tu