Saigon River Tunnel
| Saigon River Tunnel | |
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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 |
| 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(s) | 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 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 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
- ^ a b "Thu Thiem Tunnel". Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ Thanh Nien News 2011 "The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia"