The new 1.3-kilometer Hoa An Bridge linking Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces runs in parallel with the existing one, helping cope with heavy traffic on Dong Nai Bridge that connects the province and HCMC.

Hoa An Bridge, costing VND1,174 billion, is an important project in the development strategy of Dong Nai’s transport network, connecting Bien Hoa and Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc and HCMC.

Dong Nai Province has also started building the tunnel at Tam Hiep Intersection and the overpass at Amata Crossroad.

Both the tunnel and the overpass have four main lanes. Their combined investment amounts to VND485.76 billion.

Construction is expected to take six months for the overpass, and eight months for the tunnel. Investments will be recouped by toll fee collection.

Approval for design of Belt Road No. 3 in HCMC

In related news, the Government has approved the basic design of Tan Van-Nhon Trach section of Belt Road No.3.

The section runs from the intersection at Dong Nai’s Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway to the Tan Van-My Phuoc intersection in Binh Duong, with a total length of 34.2 km, including the main section of 28.4km and an approach section of 5.88 km connecting it with HCMC’s Thu Duc Intersection.

In the first phase, a section of 17.8 km from Nhon Trach to Thu Duc Intersection will be built with four main lanes and two sideways in parallel. The investment cost is estimated at VND430 trillion.

According to a source of the transport ministry, half of the total capital worth US$200 million will be loaned by South Korea’s government, and the rest is expectedly raised from local and foreign enterprises under the public-private partnership (PPP).