The Saigon River Tunnel, more popular in Vietnam as the Thu Thiem 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 Thủ Đức. 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.
| Saigon River Tunnel | |
|---|---|
Hầm Thủ Thiêm or Hầm vượt sông Sài Gòn | |
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| Alternative names | Thủ Thiêm Tunnel |
| General information | |
| Location | Underneath Saigon river |
| 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 |
External links and references
edit- ^ a b "Thu Thiem Tunnel". Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ Thanh Nien News Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine 2011 "The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia"