Construction report for Binh Bridge in Vietnam

The "Binh Bridge" is located in Haiphong city in Vietnam and is the biggest cable stayed bridge completed in 2005 on there. This is the first project financed by loan to be offered in JBIC's Special Yen (ODA) Loan Scheme granted in December 1998. The Bridge consists of 17 spans continuous steel and pre-cast RC slab composite bridge, the three spans of which at center is the cable-stayed bridge. The total length is 1 280 m. The construction works was started in September 2002 by an IHI-Shimizu-Sumitomo · Mitsui joint venture, and the bridge was opened to the public on May 13, 2005. IHI was in charge of management of entire construction as the joint venture leader and undertook design, fabrication, construction work for steel girder, RC deck slab, stay cable, all related accessories and tollgate (Included administration building).