TResolving the serious downgrade of the Long Bien Bridge, the Ministry of Transport is starting a project on reinforcing the bridge to ensure urban traffic safety of Hanoi by 2020.
The project, worth about 300 billion dong, is divided into two phrases. The railway in the middle of the bridge will be consolidated in the first phase and then the maintenance of the road of the bridge in the second stage.
To ensure safety on the bridge’s railway, the whole fundamental structure will be consolidated. The left original spans will add steel bars and damaged sleepers will be replaced by new ones. The first phrase is expected to be completed in December 2015.
Baking screws before driving them into sleepers. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Removing old and damaged screws. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Welding to connect steel bars on the bridge. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Checking old screws on the bridge. Photo: Khanh Long/VNP
Replacing damaged crews with new ones. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
The Long Bien Bridge, the first steel bridge of its type crossing the Red River to connect the two districts of Hoan Kiem and Long Bien, was built from 1899-1902 by the French. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Assembling new wooden sleepers to replace old ones. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Cleaning before antirust painting the bridge. Photo: Tat Son/VNP
Workers of the Vietnam Railway Corporation are reinforcing steel cross bars under the bridge. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
The project on maintenance of the railway on the Long Bien Bridge is promptly implemented for residents’ transportation. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Repairing a section of the railway on the bridge. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
The old spans are reinforced by steel bars. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Using modern machines and equipment to repair the Long Bien Bridge. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
Old screws are replaced by new ones. Photo: Trinh Bo/VNP
- By the VNP’s Golden Moment Photography Club