Ho Chi Minh City: Binh Trieu 1 Bridge has been raised more than 70 cm using modern technology.

On September 20, the Road Traffic Infrastructure Management Center (Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction) said that the project to raise the clearance of Binh Trieu 1 Bridge is progressing about 75%, the bridge has been raised more than 70 cm compared to its original height.

Binh Trieu 1 Bridge at the gateway to Ho Chi Minh City, a structure weighing 11,000 tons, will be raised more than one meter, helping large ships to easily navigate the Saigon River.

Each 4cm lift takes about 2 hours, then workers will insert the pads in turn into the positions to fix, ensure safety and keep the structure stable.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Quang, Head of Infrastructure Management Department No. 2, Road Traffic Infrastructure Management Center, shared about the project of raising the clearance of Binh Trieu 1 bridge.

This is the first time in Vietnam that modern hydraulic jacking technology is applied to lift the bridge's clearance on-site, without having to dismantle the span. More than 100 Vietnamese engineers and workers directly undertake the entire process from calculation, operation to supervision. The system of more than 100 hydraulic jacks operates synchronously, ensuring the difference does not exceed 1 mm, helping the bridge lifting process achieve absolute precision.

During the lifting process, motorbikes are still allowed to pass through Binh Trieu 1 bridge.

Engineer Cao Thanh An, Chief Supervisor of the project, said: “During the lifting process, if any problem occurs, the system will immediately stop and report to the control center the exact location of the error for timely correction. In Vietnam, lifting bridges by replacing the bearing method is familiar, but this is the first time the static lifting technology has been applied. Each bridge span requires 28 to 30 hydraulic jacks, all of which must operate synchronously, with a deviation not exceeding 1 mm. If the error is larger, the entire system will automatically stop working.”

The bridge clearance lifting is performed precisely through modern technology, performed by Vietnamese engineers.

Engineer Cao Thanh An, Chief Supervisor of the project, controls the system to perform the bridge's clearance lift.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Quang, Head of Infrastructure Management Department No. 2 (Road Traffic Infrastructure Management Center, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction) said: “The preparation phase encountered many difficulties because this is the first project to apply static lifting technology. We, along with consulting and project management supervisors, have worked closely to gradually resolve the problems. Up to now, the project is stable, reaching about 75% of the progress, expected to be completed in November 2025. The team of nearly 100 engineers and workers are all Vietnamese, which makes us very proud because it proves that Vietnamese people can master the most advanced technology.”

Mr. Nguyen Viet Quang, Head of Infrastructure Management Department No. 2, introduced the technical drawing of raising the clearance of Binh Trieu 1 bridge.

According to Mr. Quang, the biggest challenge of the project comes not only from technology but also from the weather, when sudden rains in Ho Chi Minh City have forced the construction to stop many times. However, the team of engineers and workers have pushed the construction time up to make up for lost time, determined to keep the progress.

Sharing more about the technology, Mr. Quang said that Binh Trieu 1 bridge weighs about 11,000 tons, lifted by 106 hydraulic jacks with a capacity of 400 - 500 tons. Each 4 cm lift takes about 2 hours, so far the bridge's clearance has been raised more than 70 cm.

Static lifting technology helps save significant time and cost compared to traditional dismantling methods.

“In the past, raising a bridge often required dismantling each span, which was time-consuming and costly. Now, Binh Trieu 1 Bridge is raised on the spot, minimizing the impact on traffic. This is a big step forward, opening up the prospect of applying it to many other bridges in the future,” Mr. Quang emphasized.

Workers are busy at work.

According to experts, this new zero-lift technology significantly saves time and costs compared to traditional dismantling methods, while also minimizing impacts on traffic. More importantly, this is a testament to the high-tech mastery of Vietnamese engineers in the field of infrastructure construction.

After more than half a century of being associated with the city's people, Binh Trieu 1 Bridge is now becoming a symbol of new advances in Vietnamese science and technology, opening up prospects for application to many other projects in the future.

Binh Trieu 1 Bridge - the vital bridge connecting Binh Duong with Ho Chi Minh City, is currently being raised to 70cm to clear the waterway on the Saigon River. The project has a total capital of nearly 133 billion VND, implemented in the 2023 - 2025 period, and is expected to be completed in November 2025.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/anh/tp-ho-chi-minh-cau-binh-trieu-1-da-nang-len-hon-70-cm-bang-cong-nghe-hien-dai-20250920161551806.htm