Hà Nội Highway

Hà Nội Highway or Hanoi Highway, formerly called Highway Bien Hoa, is the road linking Ho Chi Minh City and Biên Hòa.

History

Funded through United States investment, this road, which was formerly known as Highway Bien Hoa, started in July 1957 to the First Republic in April 1961. It was President Ngo Dinh Diem who inaugurated this highway, with a highway bridge that spans the river Bien Hoa Dong Nai. Originally spanning 31 kilometers long, the 21 meters wide highway began at the 4 Hang Xanh intersection and ended at the intersection of Highway 1A 3 Gorges. Hà Nội Highway's former function was to provide utility as a makeshift military route; however, in 1971, improvements were made to accommodate for civilian use. The route was designed to prevent two-way travel. Each dimension had two aisles, and this highway had two major bridges: the Saigon Bridge (982 m long) across the Saigon River and Dong Nai bridge (453 m long) across the Dong Nai River. [1]

The 1984 Highway was renamed Hanoi Highway on the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Hanoi. Another name of this route is Highway 52, commonly used to refer to the period from Saigon bridge to the intersection with Highway 1A in Thu Duc junction (junction of Station 2). Currently on Hanoi Highway 1A, it includes a highway crossing, starting from junction to junction Thu Duc, Ho Nai aka fork for Sat Sat Bien Hoa city is located near the junction, the intersection three Park April 30, (intersection with Highway 1K, beyond the intersection of the Three Gorges).

Areas that the Hanoi highway passes through include Bình Thạnh District (wards 2 and 9), Thu Duc of Ho Chi Minh City and town in the province of Binh Duong Di An, Biên Hòa City, Dong Nai Province.

With the economic situation in Ho Chi Minh City and the region growing, Hanoi Highway has become overcrowded in recent years, so Hanoi Highway will be extended up to 140 m. This project is planned to be initiated in 2009 with a project to expand Highway 51. According to the project, the construction period is 2 years initially.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Vietnam, India firms sign $2 bn deal for Hanoi highway project". http://www.livemint.com/. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

Further reading

"New Far-Highway Saigon - Bien-Air". World Freedom. Volume X Number 2. Saigon: United States Information Agency, 1961.

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