Sài Gòn River Tunnel
| Saigon River Tunnel | |
|---|---|
Hầm dìm Thủ Thiêm | |
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| General information | |
| Construction started | 2005 |
| Inaugurated | 20/11/2011 |
| Client | PC Ho Chi Minh City |
| Height | 9.0 m [1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | width 33.3 m [1] |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Immersed Tunnel System |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | |
| Civil engineer | |
| Main contractor | Obayashi Corporation |
The Saigon River Tunnel is an underwater tunnel that opened on November 20, 2011.[2] It runs underneath the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam. The tunnel was built with capital from JICA's ODA, in conjunction with a consortium of Japanese contractors. The tunnel connects the existing urban center of Ho Chi Minh City with Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Thủ Đức. The Saigon River Tunnel is part of the , an important road project under construction to ease the congestion of transport in the inner city as well as transportation from downtown to the Mekong Delta region. The existing downtown was previously only linked with the Thu Thiem New Urban Area by many bridges, namely: Thủ Thiêm Bridge, Phú Mỹ Bridge and .
External links and references[]
- ^ a b "Thu Thiem Tunnel". Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ Thanh Nien News 2011 "The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia"
Categories:
- Transport in Ho Chi Minh City
- Saigon River
- 2010 in Vietnam
- Road tunnels in Vietnam
- Tunnels completed in 2011
- Buildings and structures in Ho Chi Minh City