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VietNamNet Bridge – Used for nearly 20 years old, the two pontoons across the Day River in Dai Hung commune of My Duc district in Hanoi are in disrepair.
 The two bridges have always been an obsession with local people.
Rotten wood on the bridges, which are 100m long and 1m wide.
 The pillars are concrete covered with moss.
 Whenever a vehicle passes, the bridges shake, making drivers feel unsafe.
 Ms. Du Thi Hoa, who passes the bridge twice a day, said: “Some people have to stop their vehicles to arrange the pieces of wood on the bridge.”
 According to Hoa, as the banister is so low, some people fell into the river. In 2008, her mother also fell out of the bridge while cycling on the bridge.
 This bridge, named Seu, was built in 1996 with an investment of about VND100 million ($5,000).
 Local authorities said they do not have money to rebuild the bridges.
 To cross the bridges, people have to pay VND5,000. |
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