This afternoon, the Red River flood level reached alarm level one, 9.5 meters (the highest being alarm level three). This is the highest flood level since 2008. With this ban, pedestrians, cyclists, motorbike riders, and tricycle riders are prohibited from crossing the bridge connecting Hoan Kiem and Long Bien districts.
At 9 AM on the same day, the railway industry stopped trains running across Long Bien Bridge, meaning 5-6 pairs of trains would have to stop.
Also this morning, the Hanoi Department of Transport banned passenger buses, contract vehicles, tourist cars with more than 9 seats, and trucks over 0.5 tons from crossing the Chuong Duong Bridge over the Red River from 8:30 AM due to safety concerns.
Currently, to cross the Red River, large trucks can only use the Thang Long, Nhat Tan, Vinh Tuy, and Thanh Tri bridges.
A day earlier, the Phong Chau bridge, spanning the Red River on National Highway 32C connecting Lam Thao and Tam Nong districts in Phu Tho province , collapsed, with two steel spans swept away. Currently, three people have been rescued, while many others remain missing.
The Long Bien Bridge, spanning the Red River, began construction in September 1898, designed by the French firm Daydé-Pillié, and was inaugurated in 1902. The bridge is 1,691 meters long and was initially a steel truss bridge with a railway running in the middle and lanes for road traffic. During the war, several spans were damaged, and the government temporarily reinforced them with technical girders. Between 1995 and 2010, the Long Bien Bridge underwent extensive repairs and reinforcement with a total investment of 116 billion VND.
In 2015, the Long Bien Bridge underwent a comprehensive renovation with a total investment of nearly 300 billion VND, aiming for safe operation until 2020 when the Yen Vien - Ngoc Hoi urban railway project (Line 1) would be implemented, replacing the Long Bien Bridge. However, the urban railway project (Line 1), which was handed over by the Ministry of Transport to Hanoi for implementation, has yet to be launched.
In 2021, Vietnam Railways Corporation adjusted its budget, focusing on urgent repairs and reinforcement of the pedestrian walkways on Long Bien Bridge, including replacing paving slabs, reinforcing, and painting the railings. The maintenance budget for Long Bien Bridge in the previous year was 8.5 billion VND, and in 2022 it was over 9.7 billion VND, including maintenance costs for railway bridges, road bridges, and bridge patrols.
TH (according to VnExpress)Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/cam-cau-long-bien-392658.html
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