Via An Phu Dong Bridge bus, from Go Vap to District 12, the scene is ‘across the river’

Many people have been waiting to cross the bridge as a memorable memory – Photo: VAN BINH

At the traffic meeting, Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Board of Directors of the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Project (TCIP), said: cA station in Phu in the northeast across the Vam Thuat River is 240 m long and 12.5 m wide for 2 lanes for motorcycles and cars.

The bridge was built with a pedestrian corridor, the path on both sides of the bridge was also improved to 1,166 m long. The total investment of this project is 79.5 billion VND, which will start from February 2020.

Starting at 7:30, vehicles officially cross the bridge, traveling between the Go Vap district and the 12 district is easier – Photo: VAN BINH

Phuc shared, when it was in operation, bridge tmore or less for the ferry to exist, rThe shortest distance from An Phu Dong district to Go Vap district and vice versa is almost 10 km. People on both banks no longer have the scene of overcrowding and waiting for the ferry, the situation of cars on curves at peak hours is also resolved.

In the long term, according to Mr. Phuc, when the Vam Thuat Bridge project is implemented in combination with other projects in this area, it promises to help make life and the economy change even more.

Happy families bring their children here to cross An Phu Dong Bridge – Photo: VAN BINH

From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on July 31, we noticed that at the An Phu Dong bridgehead (Go Vap district), many people arrived early to wait for the moment to cross the bridge they had been waiting for for many years. Functional forces moved the barrier, dozens of people crossed the bridge with enthusiasm.

An old woman of almost 70 years will cross the bridge, from now on she will no longer have the sight of crossing the river – Photo: VAN BINH

Truong Cong Toan, a resident of District 12, said it was difficult to travel between the two districts, just a ferry across the river. She works in Phu Nhuan district so she travels every day and waits a lot for the ferry.

“There was a day when we had to squeeze in the ferry to take my children to school, tired, I just wanted to sell my house to move to another place to live. Now there is a bridge, everything is convenient. Today, my wife and I’m getting ready to go in time for the traffic to arrive. celebrating being one of the first people to cross the bridge, “Toan said.

Nearby, Mr. Truong Vang, who was almost 90 years old (living in Go Vap district) asked a neighbor to take him to the center of the bridge to look across the river, never feeling close between the two districts. that easy. Mr. Toan said “very happy, very excited!”