Sài Gòn River Tunnel

Saigon River Tunnel
Hầm dìm Thủ Thiêm
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General information
Coordinates 10°46′10″N 106°42′28″E / 10.76944°N 106.70778°E / 10.76944; 106.70778
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 Oriental Consultants in association with TEDI & APECO
Civil engineer Oriental Consultants
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 JCIA'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 District 2. The Saigon River Tunnel is part of the East-West Highway, 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 Ba Son Bridge.

External links and references

  1. 1 2 "Thu Thiem Tunnel". Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  2. Thanh Nien News 2011 "The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia"

Coordinates: 10°00′N 106°00′E / 10.000°N 106.000°E / 10.000; 106.000

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