Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 3846/UBND-CNXD dated September 17, 2024 on implementing the direction of the Prime Minister on urgently researching and investing in the construction of the new Phong Chau Bridge on National Highway 32C, the Department of Transport has directed the Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Traffic, Civil and Industrial Works to coordinate with the design consultant, the Transport Design Consulting Corporation - JSC, to conduct a survey and develop a design plan for Phong Chau Bridge.

Current location of Phong Chau bridge.

Accordingly, the new Phong Chau bridge will be built at the location of the old Phong Chau bridge (Km18+300 National Highway 32C). The total length of the project is about 1km, of which the new Phong Chau bridge is 400m long; the approach road to Phong Chau bridge connects with the inter-regional traffic route with a length of 600m, designed to ensure compliance with the planning of Phu Tho province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1579/QD-TTg dated December 5, 2023.

In particular, the new Phong Chau bridge is designed according to the balanced cantilever bridge plan of reinforced concrete and prestressed reinforced concrete; the total length of the bridge to the 2 abutment ends is 393.5m; the total width of the bridge is 21.5m (including 4 lanes for motor vehicles, 2 lanes for non-motor vehicles, median strip, safety strip and bridge railing); span diagram (90+135+90)+(33+33)m.

The approach road to Phong Chau bridge connects with the inter-regional traffic route, which is designed to be upgraded and expanded to ensure the scale of a level III plain road, with a design speed of 80km/h.

The total investment for the new Phong Chau Bridge construction project is 875 billion VND, invested from the Central Budget.

Director of the Department of Transport Tran Hoai Giang said: In order to promptly resolve the traffic disruption, help people stabilize their lives and production, and contribute to promoting socio-economic development, the Department of Transport has submitted a report, requesting the Provincial People's Committee to report to competent authorities for guidance on the procedures for implementing the investment in the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge on National Highway 32C in the form of urgent public investment; at the same time, allowing the application of a special mechanism in the organization of selecting contractors to implement all bidding packages of the project in the form of shortened bidding to speed up the progress of investment and construction implementation.

Dinh Vu