Hanoi–Thai Nguyen Expressway
CT.07 Expressway | |
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| Đường cao tốc %paddedRoute% (Vietnamese) | |
| Hanoi–Thai Nguyen Expressway | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
| Existed | 18 May 2014–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  CT.03/ QL 1 in Gia Lâm District, Hanoi |
| North end |  QL 37/ QL 1B in Thái Nguyên |
| Location | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Highway system | |
The Hanoi–Thai Nguyen Expressway (Vietnamese: Đường cao tốc Hà Nội–Thái Nguyên) is an expressway in Vietnam. It connects Hanoi with Thái Nguyên. The maximum speed is 100 km/h and the expressway has 4 lanes.[1]
Development
Thai Nguyen is a major industrial center of the Red River Delta. The expressway improves access between factories and cargo hubs such as Noi Bai International Airport, Hai Phong Port and Ha Long Port, forming a faster, higher capacity alternative to 
QL 3.[2] The investment budget was a 10,000 billion VND, with about two thirds of that amount being Japanese development loans, the rest financed by the Vietnamese government.[1]
Construction started in 2009[3] and was completed in 2014.[1] In 2018 it was reported that several long sections of the road had severe rutting and subsidence, which had to be repaired the same year.[4] In 2019, additional repairs for the same issue had to be carried out.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Thông xe toàn tuyến cao tốc Hà Nội - Thái Nguyên".
- ^ "事業事前評価表" (PDF). JICA.
- ^ "Khởi công tuyến đường cao tốc Hà Nội-Thái Nguyên".
- ^ "Dự án cao tốc Hà Nội - Thái Nguyên hơn 10.000 tỷ đồng bị lún". 7 April 2021.
- ^ Cao tốc Hà Nội Thái Nguyên xuống cấp nghiêm trọng | VTC Now. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.