According to the Ho Chi Minh City Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), the bridges will be constructed across Hanoi Highway to link nine of the 11 elevated stations.
The design of one among the pedestrian overpasses of the project
The nine stations are Tan Cang, Thao Dien, An Phu, Rach Chiec, Phuoc Long, Binh Thai, Thu Duc, high-tech Park and Vietnam National University- HCM City.
Work on bridges running to Binh Thai, Phuoc Long and Rach Chiec stations is scheduled to be started first.
Bridge construction is slated to be completed by the end of this year along with the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project.
The bridges are 80 metres long and 3.5 metres wide and connected to bus stops.
Up to 95 percent of the metro project’s work has been finished.
