Nhật Tân Bridge

Nhật Tân Bridge
Crosses	Sông Hồng (Red River (Asia))
Locale	Hà Nội, Vietnam
Other name(s)	Cầu Nhật Tân
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	3,700 metres (12,139 ft) (8,300 metres (27,231 ft) include approach ramps)
Width	33.2 metres (109 ft)
Longest span	4x300 metres (984 ft)
History
Construction begin	March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07)
Opened	January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04)

The Nhật Tân Bridge (or Vietnam - Japan Friendship Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River (Asia) in Hanoi, inaugurated on 4 January 2015.^[1] It forms part of a new six-lane highway linking Hanoi and Noi Bai International Airport. The project is funded by a Japan International Cooperation Agency ODA loan.^[2]

Nhat Tan Bridge has a total length of 8,3 kilometers, including 3,7 kilometers bridge, with 1,5 kilometers cable-stayed bridge with five spans crossing the Red River (Asia), The bridge is 33,2 meters wide, divided into four lanes for motorized vehicles, two lanes for buses, two lanes for mixed vehicles and pedestrian paths. Each span has 11 pairs of cables. Nhat Tan Bridge is designed and built to become a new icon of the capital, with five towers symbolizing the five ancient gates of Hanoi. ^[3]

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Coordinates: 21°05′07″N 105°49′31″E / 21.08528°N 105.82528°E / 21.08528; 105.82528

Cable-stayed bridges in Southeast Asia
Cambodia	Neak Loeung Bridge
Indonesia	Barelang Bridge Pasupati Bridge Suramadu Bridge
Malaysia	Langkawi Sky Bridge Muar Second Bridge Penang Bridge Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Prai River Bridge Seri Saujana Bridge Seri Wawasan Bridge Sungai Johor Bridge
Philippines	Marcelo Fernan Bridge
Thailand	Bhumibol Bridge Kanchanaphisek Bridge Rama VIII Bridge Rama IX Bridge
Vietnam	Bãi Cháy Bridge Bính Bridge Cần Thơ Bridge Hàn River Bridge Mỹ Thuận Bridge Nhật Tân Bridge Phú Mỹ Bridge Rạch Miễu Bridge Trần Thị Lý Bridge
Cable-stayed bridges by country