Phu My Bridge opens to all vehicles

The cable-stayed Phu My Bridge linking HCMC’s districts 2 and 7 opened to all vehicles on Wednesday, including trucks and tankers, after opening to motorbikes and passenger cars under nine seats in September.

All types of vehicles were seen crossing the bridge between Road 25B in District 2 and Huynh Tan Phat Street or Nguyen Thi Thap Street in District 7 on Wednesday morning.

Nguyen Thanh Thai, general director of Phu My Bridge BOT Corporation, told the Daily on Wednesday that all vehicles could cross the bridge without paying a fee but that the corporation would start collecting fees for vehicles, except motorbikes, on April 1.

Thai also said the corporation had completed construction of a 1.6-kilometer bypass road linking the bridge with Nguyen Van Linh Parkway in District 7, and that this new bypass would open to traffic today.

The HCMC government has allowed Phu My Bridge BOT Corporation to collect fees from vehicles, except motorbikes, crossing the bridge linking the two banks of the Saigon River.

According to the city government decision, three-wheeled vehicles and small trailer trucks will pay VND4,000 per crossing, cars under 12 seats, buses and other public-transport vehicles will pay VND10,000 and cars between 12 and 30 seats and trucks with loading capacity under four tons will pay VND15,000.

Passenger vehicles over 31 seats and trucks with loading capacity from four to ten tons will pay VND22,000, trucks with capacity under 18 tons will pay VND40,000 and large container trucks will pay VND80,000. Monthly and quarterly tickets will be available for all vehicles.

The six-lane Phu My Bridge, invested with some VND2 trillion, spans 2.5 kilometers and its vertical clearance is 45 meters.

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