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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).
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 Committee approved Gia Lam to become the next urban district of Hanoi.
Thăng Long bridge looking south toward central Hanoi. The Thăng Long bridge is a major bridge crossing the Red River, connecting Hanoi with Nội Bài International Airport and northwestern provinces such as Vĩnh Phúc, Phú Thọ and Lào Cai. It is the only double-decker bridge in Vietnam, with the upper level carrying Ringway 3, while the ...
The Hanoi Highway, formerly known as Biên Hòa Highway (or Saigon–Biên Hòa Highway) was constructed between July 1957 and April 1961, started at Phan Thanh Giản Bridge (now is Điện Biên Phủ Bridge) between District 1 and Bình Thạnh nowadays, crosses Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel and end at Chợ Sặt T-intersection.
Long Biên is sometimes given as the provincial capital instead, [8] but this did not occur until the time of Shi Xie in the transition between the Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period. [note 1] Long Biên was the capital of Jiaozhi Commandery and Longbian County, but it was not named before the erection of its citadel in AD 208. [3]
Long Biên is an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. [3] The district currently has 14 wards , covering a total area of 59.82 square kilometres (23.10 sq mi). [ 1 ] As of 2019, [ 2 ] there were 322,549 people residing in the district, the population density is 5,400 inhabitants per square kilometer.