Major New Overpass in Da Nang reaches completion….ready to be in use today.

From Wednesday July 14, vehicles will be allowed to travel on the overpass on September 2 Street, as part of the under-construction traffic infrastructure project at western end of the Tran Thi Ly Bridge.

Covering an area of 131,521m2 in the wards of Hoa Cuong Bac and Hoa Thuan Dong, Hai Chau District, the VND723 traffic re-arrangement project borders Binh Minh 6 Street to the north, 29 March to the south, the Han River to the east, and military agencies and residential areas to the west.

As planned, the costly traffic project will consist of three levels.

The lowest level will be a 4-lane road tunnel taking Duy Tan under the busy junctions with Le Dinh Tham and the western end of the Tran Thi Ly Bridge.

The upper level on ground will be a roundabout, whilst the highest level will be a 14m-wide 4-lane steel overpass over 2 September Street. There will also be two 6m-wide frontage roads at both sides of the overpass.

Once it is put into use, traffic project at the western end of the Tran Thi Ly Bridge will significantly reduce the current traffic congestion at intersections nearby during peak hours.

It will also reduce the volume of traffic on roads leading to the Da Nang International airport.

The whole project will be open to traffic not later than December 31, 2021 as per recent request of the municipal administration.

For many of us who have in the past took taxis into town after landing at the airport it will hopefully dramatically cut down the trip to their hotels.