Cuu Long Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Other name(s): | Can Tho Bridge |
| Built: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Cần Thơ, Vietnam, Asia |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| approaches | deck width | 23.100 m |
| main bridge | total length | 1 010.000 m |
| span lengths | 2 x 40.00 m - 150.00 m - 550.00 m - 150.00 m - 2 x 40.00 m | |
| deck width | 26.000 m | |
| pylons | pylon height (total) | 175.300 m |
Materials
| deck of main bridge |
prestressed concrete
steel |
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Chronology
| 26 September 2007 | The bridge collapses while still under construction. 150 workers were on the structure at that point. At least 52 of them perish while many others are injured. |
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Notes
A 210.000 meter long portion of the main span is made of steel, the remaining part of the deck is made of prestressed concrete. The outer shape of both deck sections is identical.
Participants
Design
Construction engineers
Co-contractor
Expansion joints
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Construction halted after Vietnamese bridge tragedy, in "Bridge Update", October 2007, n. 71
- Ground conditions caused Can Tho tragedy, says report, in "Bridge Update", July 2008, n. 77
- Mekong marvel, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2007, n. 48
- Developments and trends of PC in Vietnam, in "Journal of Prestressed Concrete, Japan", January - February 2004, n. 1 v. 46
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0011825 |
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| Created: | 19/04/2004 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |