Phnom Penh): In the morning of 23rd October 2017, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo HUN SEN presides over the construction of a concrete bridge nearly 1km across the Tonle Sap River from Chroy Changvar Satellite City to National Road 5, with a budget of about $ 35 million.
According to the report of Phnom Penh Capital Hall, the bridge is 922 meters long and 20.5 meters wide. Sidewalks for pedestrian bridge has a width of 1.25 meters each side, height of pylons for cable hanging from a 34-meter bridge flooring column for cable suspension, column 4, orbital vehicle width of 3.75 meters, traffic lanes, 2 to 2, the maximum height under the bridge Navy Naval rainy 10.5-meter tall, the minimum under the bridge in summer is 20.5 meters high lighthouse Convert Asaph Select branding and traffic.
Touch Samnang, Deputy General Director of OCIC, said that the concrete bridge is scheduled to take 28 months to spend US $ 35 million in government funds.
According to Touch Samnang, along with the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a $ 12 million two-meter, 12-meter-long bridge and a $ 500 million bridge, the site will be constructed today with six months of construction.
The new concrete bridge will play an important role in contributing to the liberation of traffic on National Road No 6 and National Road 5 as well as the entrance to Phnom Penh. The bridge is also a new achievement, a sign for Phnom Penh and the people.
The bridge is also an important economic hub for connecting transportation from provinces to Phnom Penh and from Phnom Penh to the provinces.