Serepok Bridge

Serepok Bridge

Serepok bridge was built by the French in 1941, completed, put into use in 1957 and named bridge 14 by the French government (bridge located on route 14), while local people named it Serepok bridge because spanning the Serepok River connecting the two provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong. The eastern bridgehead belongs to Hoa Phu commune, Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province; The eastern bridgehead belongs to Tam Thang commune, Cu Jut district, Dak Nong province. In 1904, the French colonialists began building a governing apparatus, establishing an administrative unit of Dak Lak province and dividing the Dak Lak plateau into five districts. During the invasion, the French colonialists realized the difficulty of traveling on the vital road, affecting their intention to invade and expand their territory. In 1941, the French colonial government decided to build bridge 14 and the bridge was built with the blood of political prisoners in Buon Ma Thuot exile house and local people. The bridge is designed with a continuous reinforced concrete truss structure running underneath, 169.5 m long, 4 spans, 5 m wide, two pedestrian lanes of 1.37 m, vehicle lanes of 2, 8 m, load capacity 5 tons. In the early 40s of the 20th century, Serepok Bridge was modern and had beautiful architecture. Entering the period 1954-1975, Route 14 was thoroughly exploited by the US imperialists and the puppet government, with blocking forces deployed to control and block all resources of the Vietnamese army. It was also here that our army and people launched an important offensive to liberate Buon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak) and then towards Saigon, completely liberating the South and reunifying the country. In 1985, facing the development of road transport, the Serepok bridge built during the French period could no longer meet the transport needs in terms of both load and vehicle density, so the Ministry of Transport decided to invest in Investing in the construction of a new bridge to replace the old bridge that has a small load and has deteriorated. The new Serepok bridge was built at Km 733+900 National Highway 14, 30 m north of the old bridge. The bridge is 176 m long, has a simple beam reinforced concrete structure, includes 5 spans, 11 m wide, has 2 motor vehicle lanes 7 m wide and 2 walking lanes 1.25 m wide each. The project is invested by Road Zone 5 and constructed by Traffic Construction Company 510 of Transport Construction Corporation 5 under the Ministry of Transport. The bridge was completed and put into use in October 1992. Since then, vehicles traveling on Highway 14 have crossed the new bridge. In 2016, a third bridge between the two bridges was also completed to serve the increasing travel demand on Highway 14. With that meaning, Serepok Bridge was chosen by the People's Committee of Dak Nong province as a heritage site of Dak Nong Geopark under the "Symphony of the New Wind" tourist route. Source: Dak Nong Electronic Newspaper

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