Phuoc Khanh Bridge is due to have its main span joined in mid-July and be completed in September 2026, closing the last gap on the long-delayed Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway that will link the Mekong Delta to Dong Nai and the area around the upcoming Long Thanh airport.
On June 16, Phan Van Quan, deputy director of Bac Trung Nam Infrastructure Construction JSC and a representative of the contractor consortium, said the bridge's main structure was largely complete, with about 200 engineers and workers running three shifts a day to reach the mid-July closure.
The pylons, stay cables and most of the main structure are essentially done. Crews are now building the last girder segments that will tie the main span to the approaches at both ends.
Getting to this point took more than a decade.
The bridge, originally tendered as package J3, broke ground in 2015 under a consortium led by Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Construction with Vietnam's Cienco 4. Work ground to a halt amid funding and procedural problems, the builders stopped on site, and the contract was formally terminated in 2022 with the bridge about 80% built.
