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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 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 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.
1903 — Long Biên Bridge constructed. 1906 Presidential Palace built. University of Indochina established. 1908 — Collège du Protectorat established. 1910 Phùng Khoang Church built. Museum of archaeology and ethnology organized. [13] 1911 — Hanoi Opera House built. 1917 Indochinese Central Archives set up. [13] Bach Mai Airfield ...
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 ).
The left spans remaining today remind us of an unforgettable past. The Long Bien Bridge was built from 1899 to 1902 and designed by French. However, it was constructed by Vietnamese workers. The Bridge was originally named Paul Doumer, but it was named Long Bien or Cai River Bridge by Vietnamese, but Long Bien is the most popular name for this ...
Gia Lâm district is bordered by Bắc Ninh province to the east and north, Đông Anh district to the northwest, Long Biên district and Hoàng Mai district to the west, Thanh Trì district and Hưng Yên province to the south. As of 2011, the district had a population of 243,957. The district covers an area of 115 km 2 (44 sq mi). The ...