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Panoramic view of the bridge The bridge, not long after completion Long Biên Bridge in 2010 The constructor panel of Daydé & Pillé, Paris. Long Biên Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Long Biên) is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoàn Kiếm and Long Biên of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam.
Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
Long Biên station is a railway station in Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam, at the western end of Long Biên Bridge.It is one of the two main railway stations of Hanoi, the other being the Hanoi central station which mostly serves the north-south route (to Ho Chi Minh City) and the north-west route (to Lao Cai).
Gia Lâm is the easternmost urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Prior to 2003, the district covered the entire area of Long Biên district, which included Long Biên Bridge, Gia Lâm Airport, Gia Lâm railway station, Gia Lâm bus station and the headquarters of Vietnam Airlines. On 22 September 2023, the Hanoi People ...
Long Biên was the major Chinese entrepôt for foreign trade in antiquity and is one of major contenders for Ptolemy's Cattigara. The local products were bananas , areca nuts , sharkskin , python bile and kingfisher feathers, [ 2 ] although the district between it and Guangzhou was rich in silver , cinnabar and mercury . [ 11 ]
Long Biên Bridge, a famous railway bridge in Vietnam in Hanoi. Vietnam Railways reports the number of railway bridges along the North–South line to be 1,300, totalling about 28,000 m (92,000 ft), or about 63% of the national total.
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View from bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunset over Hong River, view from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam The Red River , also known as the Hong River ( traditional Chinese : 紅河 ; simplified Chinese : 红河 ; pinyin : Hóng Hé ; Vietnamese : Sông Hồng ; Chữ Nôm : 瀧紅) and Sông Cái ( lit.