The Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway ( Vietnamese: Đường cao tốc Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh–Long Thành–Dầu Giây) is an expressway section of the Expressways of Vietnam, 55.7 km long and has its starting point at An Phú Interchange in Thủ Đức and the end point at Dầu Giây Interchange, Thống Nhất district, Đồng Nai. Most of the expressway is part of the Asian Highway Network (AH1).
This route passes through Ho Chi Minh City and Đồng Nai Province, also connect the downtown Ho Chi Minh City with Long Thanh International Airport, the future main airport of Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.
Planning According to planning from 2015 to 2021, this entire expressway used to be part of the North-South Expressway before being separated into an independent expressway (only the Long Thành - Lộ 25 section still belongs to this system). However, in reality, this expressway is still denoted as CT.01 on some signposts of this expressway. This expressway is part of the AH1 system (section of Lộ 25 - Long Trường). Construction Construction The project was started on October 3, 2009 with a scale of 4 lanes and a total length of 55.7 km. The investor is Vietnam Expressway Development Investment Corporation (VEC) with total investment in phase I: 997.67 million USD (equivalent to 20,630 billion VND). The project is sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Completion About 20 km out of a total of 55 km of the expressway, the section from Ring Road 2 to National Highway 51 in Đồng Nai province was opened to traffic on 2 January 2014. On 29 August 2014, Ring Road 2 intersection opened to traffic. The 4 km long road from An Phú interchange, Mai Chí Thọ Avenue (part of East–West Highway) to Ring Road 2 intersection opened to traffic on 10 January 2015. All The expressway opened to traffic on 2 February 2015, when the 31 km long Long Thanh - Dau Giay section completed construction.
Extension Currently, Vietnam Expressway Development Investment Corporation (VEC) is researching investment in expanding the section from Ring Road 2 intersection to the intersection with Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway, 21.92 km long, from 4 to 8 - 10 lanes, total investment is about 14,786 billion VND.
Design
The expressway has a total length of 55.7 km and is divided into two sections: An Phú-Ring Road II section: 4 km long, designed according to urban road standards, design speed 80 km/h; Phase 1 scale: four lanes, roadbed width 26.5 m, road surface width 2×7.5 m and emergency stop lane width 2×3 m. Ring Road II-Long Thanh-Dau Giay section: designed according to type A Expressway standards TCVN 5729–97, design speed 120 km/h (except Long Thanh Bridge with design speed 100 km/h); Scale of phase 1: 4 lanes, 27.5 m wide roadbed, 2×7.5 m wide road surface and 2×3 m wide emergency stopping lane.
Route details
Lanes 4 lanes + 2 shoulder Long Thành Bridge: 4 lanes
Length Total length: 55.7 km
Speed An Phú-Ring Road II: Ring Road II-Long Thành-Dầu Giây: Long Thành Bridge:
List of interchanges and features
IC - interchange, JCT - junction, SA - service area, PA - parking area, BS - bus stop, TN - tunnel, TB - toll gate, BR - bridge The section coinciding with has its route and intersection number written in italics {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;" |- style="border-bottom:solid 0.25em green;" !No. !Name !Dist. fromOrigin (km) !Connections !Notes ! colspan="3" |Location |- !colspan="8" style="text-align: center;"| Connect with Lương Định Của Road |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|1 |An Phú IC | 0.0 |Mai Chí Thọ–Võ Văn Kiệt Highway |Beginning of the expresswayConstruction is underway to expand the scale of the intersection | rowspan="8" |Ho Chi Minh City | rowspan="8" |Thủ Đức |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|2 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Global City JCT |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|8.7 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|D3 Street |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Exit to D3 streetEntrance towards An Phu |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|3 | Đỗ Xuân Hợp JCT |2.6 |Đỗ Xuân Hợp Road |Exit to Do Xuan Hop streetEntrance towards An Phu |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|4 |Khang Điền JCT |3.6 | |Exit towards An Phu |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|5 | Ring Road 2 IC |5.9 |Võ Chí Công Road
!style="background-color: #BFB;"|6 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Long Trường IC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|8.7 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Ring Road 3 HCMC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Under Construction |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|TG |Long Phước Tollgate |10.8
!style="background-color: #BFB;"|7 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Long Phước IC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Long Phước Road |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Proposing |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|BR |Long Thanh Bridge |↓ | |pass Đồng Nai River | colspan="2" | Ho Chi Minh City – Đồng Nai Boundary |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|SA |Tam An Technical Maintenance Center |14.0
| rowspan="11" |Đồng Nai | rowspan="2" |Long Thành |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|8 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Tam An IC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|District Road 2 |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|No construction |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|9 |Nhơn Trạch IC |19.9 |Provincial Road 319 | |Nhơn Trạch |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|10 |National Highway 51 IC |23.5 | National Highway 51 | | rowspan="2" |Long Thành |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|11 (3) |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Long Thành IC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|25.4(1766.5) |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Bien Hoa–Vung Tau Expressway |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Connect with Ben Luc – Long Thanh ExpresswayUnder Construction |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|12 (2) |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|Ring Road 4 IC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|39.2(1762.7) |style="background-color: #ffdead;"| Ring Road 4 HCMC |style="background-color: #ffdead;"|No construction | rowspan="2" |Cẩm Mỹ |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|SA |Rest stop |41.2 (1760.7)
!style="background-color: #BFB;"|13 (1) |Cẩm Mỹ IC |43.5 (1758.4) | Phan Thiet–Dau Giay Expressway | | rowspan="4" |Thống Nhất |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|TG | Dầu Giây Tollgate |54.6
!style="background-color: #BFB;"|BR | |↓ | |Pass North–South railway |- !style="background-color: #BFB;"|14 | Dầu Giây IC |55.7 | National Highway 1
!colspan="7" style="text-align: center; background:#dff9f9;"|Connect directly to Dau Giay–Lien Khuong Expressway (No construction)
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