After the time when people enjoy the spring and welcome the New Year, on January 26 (the 5th of the Lunar New Year), the traffic from the western provinces moving through Rach Mieu bridge to Ho Chi Minh City and the eastern provinces increased sharply. caused local congestion on the Rach Mieu Bridge on the side of Ben Tre.
Right from 9 o’clock, the number of vehicles crossing Rach Mieu bridge moving from Ben Tre to Tien Giang began to increase. However, from regarding 14 o’clock, vehicles are increasingly crowded, including a series of motorbikes packed with country gifts, furniture, etc. Cars of all kinds are also “dragon snakes” one following another, in long queues inching little by little. one to cross the Rach Mieu bridge.
Reported by the reporter, the direction of Ben Tre to Tien Giang is the traffic jam from Rach Mieu bridge extending to more than 3km. In the direction of Tien Giang to Ben Tre, the traffic jam lasted for more than 2km. To reduce congestion, the traffic police forces of Ben Tre and Tien Giang provinces have coordinated to regulate traffic. At some point, the functional forces blocked cars from Tien Giang to Ben Tre so that Rach Mieu bridge became a one-way street to relieve traffic jams. In addition, the Traffic Police divided the flow, allowing the vehicles to run into the lane of the opposite direction, into 4 lanes to move up Rach Mieu bridge. At the same time, the Rach Mieu Bridge BOT toll station had to discharge the station to limit the prolonged traffic jam.
In order to reduce traffic congestion during the Lunar New Year 2023, Rach Mieu temporary ferry terminal has arranged more vehicles to “divide the fire” for Rach Mieu bridge. The Road Administration of Vietnam temporarily banned trucks with 3 or more axles from traveling through Rach Mieu Bridge, National Highway 60 at the time frame from 15:00 to 19:00, from January 11 to January 31, 2023.
Traffic jams, vehicles from cars to motorbikes have to follow each other, inching little by little across Rach Mieu bridge.
Highway 60 is a particularly important arterial traffic route of Ben Tre province and the Mekong Delta region. Since the construction of Rach Mieu Bridge, Ham Luong Bridge, and Co Chien Bridge was put into use, connecting the traffic of the three provinces of Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Tra Vinh, the traffic through National Highway 60 and Rach Mieu Bridge has been increasing. Traffic jam on Rach Mieu bridge often occurs on weekends and holidays and Tet.
