Proud city of bridges

Calling Da Nang the city of bridges is not wrong. In addition to the Golden Bridge on top of Ba Na in the Top 28 famous beautiful bridges in the world, only on the dreamy Han River in the heart of the city, there are 6 beautiful bridges contributing to socio-economic development, Tourism culture helps Da Nang develop to new heights.

Dragon Bridge – the bridge symbolizing the Dragon Fairy’s Aspiration of the City worth living (photo from Da Nang Newspaper). Those are bridges reminiscent of the Dragon Fairy tradition of the nation like Dragon Bridge. Or there are bridges named after heroes such as Tran Thi Ly bridge, Nguyen Van Troi bridge. The famous Golden Bridge on the world tourist map (photo: ST). Han River Swing Bridge – symbol of Da Nang Song Han Bridge – the first rotating bridge of the country, inaugurated in 2000. The bridge is 487.7m long and 12.9m wide, including 11 spans connecting two central roads between Hai Chau district and Son Tra district – The city’s two main roads are Le Duan Street and Pham Van Dong Street. The Han River Bridge shimmers in the night (photo: Internet). Han River Quay Bridge (photo: ST). Song Han Bridge has a prestressed reinforced concrete structure and 02 cable-stayed spans with a total length of 122.7m, the steel structure and main bridge tower, the bridge deck is made of reinforced concrete. In addition to traffic purposes, the Han River Bridge also has great aesthetic value that many people say, it is as beautiful as a painting in the heart of the city. It is even more remarkable that the construction cost of Song Han Bridge is socialized with the support and contribution of the city people accounting for 30%. A corner of the Han River in the night of fireworks (photo: ST). Song Han Bridge not only creates more convenience for transportation, tourism, arouses the economic potential of a large land in the east of the city, but also is a cultural imprint of Da Nang people today. for all generations to come. Since then, the symbol of Da Nang is not only Marble Mountains but also this unique rotating bridge. Thuan Phuoc Bridge Thuan Phuoc Bridge was started construction in early 2003 and inaugurated on July 19, 2009. This is a cable-stayed bridge located to the west of the Han River, where the Han River flows into the sea at the mouth of Da Nang Bay. According to photographers, thanks to its prime location and beautiful design, Thuan Phuoc bridge is luxuriously beautiful and splendid at every angle, at all times. Thuan Phuoc Bridge is beautiful at every angle (photo: Internet). Thuan Phuoc Bridge is 1.85 km long, 18 m wide, 90 m high with a total investment of more than 1,000 billion VND, is the longest cable-stayed suspension bridge in Vietnam today, connecting two coastal roads of Nguyen Tat Thanh and Hoang Sa – Truong Sa, forming a system of coastal transport routes from Hai Van tunnel to Son Tra peninsula, crossing Man Quang bridge and connecting with Son Tra – Hoi An tourist route. Since then, a complete transport – tourism system has been completed, opening the possibility of exploiting tourism potential not only in Da Nang but also for neighboring localities such as Hoi An and Thua Thien Hue. Dragon Bridge Da Nang Dragon Bridge has a unique architecture that simulates a strong Ly Dynasty dragon reaching out to the sea, becoming an important highlight and an architectural symbol of the city. The distinctive feature of the bridge is that it is a model of a steel beam structure system in the form of a dragon flying over the Han River, facing the sea. This is said to be a unique design unprecedented in the world for a load-bearing structure that is a combination of steel beams, steel arches and concrete beams. Dragon Bridge shimmering, magical at night (photo: ST). Dragon Bridge (photo: Thai Quan Chung). Another highlight of the Dragon Bridge is that people can admire the fire-breathing and water-breathing dragons every Saturday and Sunday night at 21:00. A very beautiful sight that visitors should not miss. According to experts, the Dragon Bridge not only evokes the proud tradition of being the “Dragon and Fairy grandchild” of the Vietnamese people, but with the imitation of the Dragon shape, it also brings confidence to the people. Dragon and phoenix are two mascots in the minds of Asians, so the image of a fire-breathing dragon at the Dragon Bridge opposite the shape of a phoenix bird spreading its wings over Tran Thi Ly bridge will give strength and faith. about a Da Nang – the cultural, economic and financial center of Vietnam and the region will take off. Tran Thi Ly Bridge Inaugurated and put into use in March 2013, Tran Thi Ly bridge has a length of 731m, a width of 34.5m, a height of 145m designed in the shape of a sail on the Han River reaching out to the sea. The bridge has a reinforced concrete pylon with a 12-degree inclination and 3-plane cable-stayed sections in which the western ropes are arranged to twist the space like sails, expressing the unique, modern and aspirational development of the company. Da Nang city. Tran Thi Ly Bridge (photo by Thai Quan Chung). Tien Son Bridge Tien Son Bridge (also known as Tuyen Son Bridge) crosses the Han River, connecting 2 districts of Hai Chau and Ngu Hanh Son. The bridge is located on National Highway 14B, the section from Hoa Cam overpass to Tien Sa Port. Tien Son Bridge is the last river-crossing bridge on the East-West Economic Corridor before this Trans-Asia Road reaches the East Sea through the deep-water Tien Sa port. This is also considered the main cargo transport bridge across the Han River. Among the 6 bridges spanning the Han River, Tien Son Bridge is the only one invested in construction and managed by the Ministry of Transport. The bridge belongs to package 5 of the Tien Sa – Da Nang port expansion project phase 1 (1999-2004) on the East-West economic corridor, invested from the Japanese Government’s ODA loan and reciprocal capital. from the budget. The rustic and solid beauty of Tien Son Bridge (photo: ST). Tien Son Bridge is more than 500m long with 4 lanes and pedestrian walkway. It was inaugurated and put into use in early 2004. At that time on the Han River, there were Song Han, Nguyen Van Troi and Tran Thi Ly (old) bridges. However, all three capital loads are limited, so when put into use, Tien Son Bridge means a bridge that opens the way for Da Nang to integrate and become the capital of the Central region. Nguyen Van Troi pedestrian bridge – a great address for people to “live virtual” Next to the beautiful and modern newly built Tran Thi Ly bridge is the Nguyen Van Troi bridge with the longest life, the bridge consists of 14 spans of Poni steel truss with a length of more than 500 m, the width of the bridge is 10.5 m, there is no margin for people. walk. This bridge was designed and built by RMK (USA) and completed in 1965. The name of hero Nguyen Van Troi was given to the bridge to commemorate the person who carried out the bombing to assassinate the US Secretary of Defense McNamara in 1964. Nguyen Van Troi pedestrian bridge. Nguyen Van Troi Bridge (right) and Tran Thi Ly Bridge. Nguyen Van Troi Bridge was repaired in 1978 and 1996. Currently, this bridge is kept as a souvenir of Da Nang to serve the pedestrian street. Today, Nguyen Van Troi Bridge has become an ideal place for young people and tourists to check-in “virtual life” with wonderful moments of relaxation and peace. From here, you can relax in the open space on the bridge with a history spanning two centuries with classic yellow paint; or flash the divine inclinations with the view of the beautiful fan-shaped cable-stayed Tran Thi Ly bridge…