Cầu Cát Bridge is expected to replace Cát Lái Ferry, a convenient traffic connection between HCM City and Đồng Nai Province. Photo baogiaothong.vn

HCM CITY – HCM City’s Department of Transport has sent a report to its People’s Committee on a plan to connect traffic between the City and Đồng Nai Province, including three new bridges - Cát Lái, Phú Mỹ II and Đồng Nai II.

Previously, the Đồng Nai Provincial People’s Committee proposed to invest in the Cát Lái Bridge project before 2025 with a scale of eight lanes to replace the Cát Lái Ferry, which is often overloaded during the holidays.

However, according to the City's Department of Transport, the Ministry of Transport is currently investing in building Nhơn Trạch Bridge connecting Nhơn Trạch District in Đồng Nai with a scale of four lanes and is expected to invest in adding four lanes to serve the traffic connection needs for rudimentary vehicles. The completion time of Nhơn Trạch Bridge in early 2026 has basically solved a part of the traffic connection demand between Nhơn Trạch and the City.

In addition, the route of Nguyễn Thị Định in and out of Cát Lái Port on the City side is overloaded, with frequent traffic jams. Currently, HCM City is studying the investment to build the Cát Lái – Phú Hữu inter-port road, connecting from Nguyễn Thị Định Street to the intersection of Ring Road 3 of the City, which is expected to be completed and put into use in 2026 – 2030.

Therefore, the City's Department of Transport thinks that the proposed time to invest in the construction of a bridge to replace the Cát Lái Ferry, which is expected to be in the 2026-2030 period, is appropriate, after completing Cát Lái – Phú Hữu – Ring Road 3.

The Cát Lái Bridge project will connect District 2 in HCM City to Nhơn Trạch District in Đồng Nai Province.

According to the city Department of Transport, the bridge will be 4.5km long and have eight lanes.

Once completed, it will facilitate transport from HCM City not only to Nhơn Trạch District but also to the rest of Đồng Nai and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

In the near future, when Long Thành International Airport becomes operational (in Đồng Nai Province), Cát Lái Bridge will connect HCM City with the airport, helping ease congestion on the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway.

The first section of the road, which is 623m long in District 2, leads to the bridge. The province has asked the Government to choose HCM City to be the leader of the work on the section.

The total investment of the first section is VNĐ755 billion (US$32.6 million), including VNĐ215 billion ($9.2 million) for construction costs and VNĐ540 billion ($23.3 million) for site clearance.

The second section, which is 263m long in Nhơn Trạch District, leads to the bridge. The province will be in charge of this section.

The total investment of this section is VNĐ410 billion ($17.7 million) including VNĐ134 billion ($5.7 million) for construction costs and VNĐ276 billion ($11.9 million) for site clearance.

The provincial People's Committee will also be in charge of construction of the bridge with total investment of VNĐ4.9 trillion ($211.6 million) in the form of a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.

In addition to Cát Lái Bridge, the City People's Committee is discussing with the People's Committee of Đồng Nai Province the traffic connection plan for Phú Mỹ II and Đồng Nai II bridges. – VNS