HCMC – Saigon Bridge to be closed for check
25-02-2013
As the bridge will be completely blocked from midnight to 5:00a.m., vehicles will have to use the Thu Thiem Bridge or the Saigon River Tunnel instead.
Vehicles heading to District 1 from the Dong Nai Bridge will need to follow the following journeys.
-The first direction: Hanoi Highway-Cat Lai Intersection-Mai Chi Tho-Thu Thiem Bridge-Nguyen Huu Canh-District 1, Binh Thanh District, or Hanoi Highway-Cat Lai Intersection-Mai Chi Tho-Saigon River Tunnel-District 1.
-The second direction: Hanoi Highway-Quoc Huong-the street below the Saigon Bridge-Tran Nao-Luong Dinh Cua-Thu Thiem Bridge-Nguyen Huu Canh-District 1, Binh Thanh District, or Hanoi Highway-Quoc Huong-the street below the Saigon Bridge-Tran Nao-Mai Chi Tho- District 1, Binh Thanh District.
Meanwhile, vehicles traveling from districts 1 and Binh Thanh to districts 2 and 9 are required to run on the following routes.
-The first direction: Hang Xanh Intersection-Dien Bien Phu -D1 -Nguyen Huu Canh -Thu Thiem Bridge-Mai Chi Tho-Hanoi Highway-District 2, District 9, or Hang Xanh Intersection-Dien Bien Phu-D1-Nguyen Huu Canh-Thu Thiem Bridge-Luong Dinh Cua-Mai Chi Tho-Hanoi Highway-District 2, District 9.
-The second direction: Hang Xanh Intersection-Dien Bien Phu-Nguyen Huu Canh-Thu Thiem Bridge-Mai Chi Tho-Hanoi Highway- District 2, District 9, or District 1-Saigon River Tunnel-Mai Chi Tho-Hanoi highway-District 2, District 9.
Vehicles are also allowed to follow the route Hang Xanh Intersection-Xo Viet Nghe Tinh-Binh Trieu 1 Bridge-National Highway 13-Kha Van Can-Vo Van Ngan-Hanoi Highway-District 2, District 9.
The transport department at first planned to close the Saigon Bridge from last Friday to on Wednesday but the department has delayed the plan until next Friday to make room for throngs of people coming back to the city after Tet.
The Saigon Bridge, which is the backbone bridge connecting northern and central provinces with the city’s center, was repaired in May 2012 owing to its severe deterioration. To reduce the current traffic overload of the bridge, the city now is constructing the Saigon 2 Bridge in parallel with the existing one, which is expected to be complete late this year.
