The Nguyễn Văn Trỗi–Trần Thị Lý Bridge () is a

cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...

completed in 2013 crossing the Hàn River in

Đà Nẵng Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the list of cities in Vietnam, fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River (Vietnam), Hàn R ...

, Vietnam, It connects Hai Chau district, Son Tra district, Ngu Hanh Son district in the city. The new bridge replaces two older bridges named after

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and

Trần Thị Lý Trần Thị Lý (née Trần Thị Nhâm, 30 December 1933 in Điện Quang, Điện Bàn District, Quảng Nam – 20 November 1992 in Đà Nẵng) was a Vietnamese communist party member, who was imprisoned and tortured in Saigon. She is t ...

. This is a

with a total length is 731 metres, total height is 145 metres.

History

At this location, more than 60 years ago, the

French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was a group of French dependent territories in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954. It was initial ...

built the first bridge in

Da Nang Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important p ...

and they call it De Lattre bridge. Then, in 1955, this bridge has a new name: Trinh Minh The Bridge (Trinh Minh The is a general of the army of

Vietnam Republic South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...

). After 1975, It was renamed Tran Thi Ly bridge. Because the bridge is old so the government decided to rebuild the new bridge. This bridge started to build in April 2009 with the total investment being 497.7 billion VND. After 4 years, this bridge was open on March 29, 2013.

References

Road bridges in Vietnam Bridges in Da Nang Bridges completed in 2013 {{Vietnam-bridge-struct-stub