Nhật Tân Bridge

The Nhật Tân Bridge (or Vietnam–Japan Friendship Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River in Hanoi, inaugurated on 4 January 2015.[1] It forms part of a new six-lane highway linking Hanoi and Noi Bai International Airport. The project is funded by a Japan International Cooperation Agency ODA loan.[2]

Nhật Tân Bridge
Coordinates	21°05′34″N 105°49′15″E
Crosses	Sông Hồng (Red River)
Locale	Hanoi, Vietnam
Other name(s)	Cầu Nhật Tân
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	3,700 metres (12,139 ft) (8,300 metres (27,231 ft) include approach ramps)
Width	33.2 metres (109 ft)
Longest span	4x300 metres (984 ft)
History
Construction start	7 March 2009 (2009-03-07)
Opened	4 January 2015 (2015-01-04)
Location

Nhat Tan Bridge has a total length of 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi), including a 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) bridge, with 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) cable-stayed bridge with five spans crossing the Red River. The bridge is 33.2 metres (109 ft) wide, divided into four lanes for motorized vehicles, two lanes for buses, two lanes for mixed vehicles and pedestrian paths. Each span has 11 pairs of cables.

Nhat Tan Bridge was designed and built to become a new icon of the capital, its five towers symbolizing the five ancient gates of Hanoi.[3] In the summer of 2017, Hanoi partnered with the Dutch company Philips to illuminate the bridge at night. The system is claimed to be able to create 16.7 million colors.[4]