At the interchange with Ring Road 3, contractors have installed girders on most of the piers, and some connecting approach roads are largely complete.
The interchange is a key junction at HCMC’s eastern gateway. Once Ring Road 3 and the expressway expansion are complete, it will improve links to Long Thanh airport and the southeastern provinces while reducing the number of vehicles entering the city center.
Spanning 5,000 hectares in Dong Nai, about 40 km from HCMC, Long Thanh is Vietnam’s largest airport by area, scheduled to start operation this December.
Its first phase covers 1,810 hectares and is designed to handle 25 million passengers a year, rising to 100 million once all four runways and four terminals are built.