National Route 51 () is a highway starting from the city of Biên Hòa to VÃ
©ng Tàu in the Southeast region of Vietnam, passing Biên Hòa City, Long Thành district in ÃÂá»Âng Nai province and the cities of Phú Mỹ, BàRá»Âa and VÃ
©ng Tàu in BàRá»ÂaâÂÂVÃ
©ng Tàu province. This is the backbone route linking BàRá»ÂaâÂÂVÃ
©ng Tàu province with ÃÂá»Âng Nai province and Ho Chi Minh City and also a part of Asian Highway 17. With a total length of 85.6 km , with of 15 to 23 km, this road includes 15 bridges, going through several important industrial parks of the Principal Economic Area of South Vietnam, an area which includes province in Southeast region. The towns and cities along this road include: Long Thành (where Long Thanh International Airport is under construction), Tam An Town, Nhán Trạch City, Phú Mỹ (an important electricity hub of Vietnam). This national road starts from the roundabout in Biên Hòa city, 20 km northeast of Saigon Bridge of Ho Chi Minh City through Hanoi Highway.
History
National Route 51 before 1975 was called National Route 15, at that time National Route 15 included is stretch from the former National Route 1 (now is Nguyá»Â
n ÃÂi Quá»Âc Boulevard, part of National Route 1K [<nowiki/>]) at Vðá»Ân MÃÂt 4-way intersection to Suá»Âi Quan bridge intersection (near Gate 11 roundabout) and from Suá»Âi Quan bridge intersection to Cá»Âa Lấp bridge roundabout at VÃ
©ng Tàu. After the reunification, the national highway system in the South was rearranged, and at the same time, the Biên Hòa City bypass route from the Suá»Âi Quan Bridge intersection to the VÃ
©ng Tàu intersection was built. This bypass route, along with the section from the Suá»Âi Quan Bridge intersection to the Cá»Âa Lấp Bridge roundabout, was renamed National Highway 51 as it is today. The section from the Vðá»Ân MÃÂt intersection to the Suá»Âi Quan Bridge intersection was renamed to Phạm VÃÂn ThuáºÂn and Bùi VÃÂn Hòa (both meet at Tam Hiá»Âp intersection).
In 2014, when Võ Nguyên Giáp street (the bypass) was completed, it intersects with Bùi VÃÂn Hòa street to form the 4-way roundabout of Gate 11 (Cá»Âng 11).
Length and segments
Length of National Route 51 through every province and its districts, cities:
- ÃÂá»Âng Nai: qua 2 ÃÂá»Âa phðáng: Biên Hòa City and Long Thành, 37 km.
- Length of the route throughout Biên Hòa City: 17 km (Km 0 - Km 17)
- Long Bình Tân, Biên Hòa
- An Hòa, Biên Hòa
- Phðá»Âc Tân, Biên Hòa
- Tam Phðá»Âc, Biên Hòa
- Length of the route throughout Long Thành: dài 20 km (Km 17 - Km 37). Also known as Trðá»Âng Chinh or Lê Duẩn Street in Long Thành, from Trầu Stream T-intersection to Long An commune
- An Phðá»Âc commune, Long Thành
- Long ÃÂức, huyá»Ân Long Thành
- Lá»Âc An commune, huyá»Ân Long Thành
- Long Thành town, huyá»Ân Long Thành
- Long An commune, huyá»Ân Long Thành
- commune, huyá»Ân Long Thành
- Phðá»Âc Thái commune, huyá»Ân Long Thành
- Phðá»Âc Bình commune, huyá»Ân Long Thành
The border between ÃÂá»Âng Nai province and BàRá»Âa â VÃ
©ng Tàu on National Highway 51 is located at Sonadezi Gò Dầu Industrial Park, the border area is in Hamlet 2, Phðá»Âc Bình commune, Long Thành, ÃÂá»Âng Nai and Phú Hàquarter, Mỹ Xuân ward, Phú Mỹ, BàRá»Âa â VÃ
©ng Tàu.
- BàRá»Âa â VÃ
©ng Tàu: throughout three cities of Phú Mỹ, BàRá»Âa, VÃ
©ng Tàu: 49 km.
- Length of the route throughout Phú Mỹ: Dài 23 km (Km 37 - Km 60). Also known as ÃÂá»Âc LáºÂp Street in Phú Mỹ, from Thá» Vải Bridge to Nguyá»Â
n Huá» Street
- Mỹ Xuân, Phú Mỹ
- Phú Mỹ, Phú Mỹ
- Tân Phðá»Âc, Phú Mỹ
- Phðá»Âc Hòa, Phú Mỹ
- Tân Hòa, Phú Mỹ
- Tân Hải, Phú Mỹ
- Length of the route throughout BàRá»Âa: Dài 16 km (Km 60 - Km 76)
- Kim Dinh, BàRá»Âa
- Long Hðáng, BàRá»Âa
- Phðá»Âc Trung, BàRá»Âa
- Length of the route throughout VÃ
©ng Tàu: Dài 10 km (Km 76 - Km 86). Also known as Võ Nguyên Giáp Street in VÃ
©ng Tàu, from Cá» May Bridge to Cá»Âa Lấp Roundabout
- Ward 12, VÃ
©ng Tàu
All major junctions
- Bến Gá» T-junction crosses with District Road 2 (now is Ngô Quyá»Ân Street) leads to Long Hðng Urban Area (Aqua City by Novaland Group)
- Quan Stream Bridge (Cầu Suá»Âi Quan) Y-junction crosses with Bùi VÃÂn Hòa street. When Võ Nguyên Giáp street near here was completed (also known as Biên Hòa City bypass), the intersection became a 4-way intersection and called as Gate 11 intersection (Ngã tð Cá»Âng 11), after the 11th Gate of the nearby Long Bình Post now was resized into industrial park and residential area.
- Thailand T-junction crosses with Phùng Hðng Street (Tam Phðá»Âc, Biên Hòa, ÃÂá»Âng Nai): Phùng Hðng Street here is the borderline of Biên Hòa City and Long Thành district, ÃÂá»Âng Nai. Before 1972, in the period of Vietnam-America war, a Thai army unit that joined the Allied forces was stationed in this area. The road in front led to the Armor School of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Today, that area is the Army School of the People's Army of Vietnam. This road can connect with other roads to Dầu Giây.
- Lá»Âc An 4-way: crosses with Provincial road 769 from National Route 51 in Long Thành township, provincial road 769 cut route 51B (now is Trðá»Âng Chinh Street) at Lá»Âc An then lead to Dầu Giây 4-way
- Cầu Xéo T-junction, crosses with provincial road 769 at Xéo Bridge (Cầu Xéo) distant from Long Thành town for 1 km. Road 769 leads to Nhán Trạch and Cát Lái ferry.
- Long Thành 4-way roundabout, crosses with Há» ChàMinh City â Long Thành â Dầu Giây Expressway
- T-junction of Dầu Khà(Gas and oil) or also known as T-junction of Nhán Trạch (Long Thành): crosses with provincial road 25B (now is Tôn ÃÂức Thắng Street). Tôn ÃÂức Thắng Street leads to the district center of Nhán Trạch and Cát Lái ferry to come to Thá»§ ÃÂức, Há» ChàMinh City.
- BàKý T-junction (huyá»Ân Long Thành): intersection with District road 12 that from the Highway 51 leads to the market Long Thá» commune, Nhán Trạch.
- Bàu Cạn T-junction or previously called as 67 T-junction, Long Thành): crosses with the inter-commune road from Route 51 to Bàu Cạn commune, Long Thành district, rubber plantation (nông trðá»Âng cao su) of Thái Hiá»Âp Thành, ÃÂá»Âi 61 commune, Trảng Bom district.
- Bến Lức â Long Thành Expressway T-way (under construction)
- Mỹ Xuân T-junction (Phú Mỹ): to Ngãi Giao, Hắc Dá»Âch, Há» Tràm Osaka tourism area, Há» Cá»Âc
- Long Hðáng T-junction (thành phá» BàRá»Âa): crosses with National Route 56, to city of Long Khánh, ÃÂá»Âng Nai
- BàRá»Âa Y-junction roundabout (thành phá» BàRá»Âa): to National Route 55, La Gi town, Lâm ÃÂá»Âng
Toll plazas
There are 3 toll plazas on the route:
Specifications
- Total length: 86 km;
- Width: road surface from 25 m to 38 m wide, paved with asphalt concrete;
- There are 15 bridges on the road, load capacity from 13 tons to 25 tons;
- Road type: level I plain road. Cross-section suitable for 8 mixed lanes. Particularly from the Roundabout
- Along the road are residential areas, newly established industrial parks such as Long Thành, Tam An, Nhán Trạch, Mỹ Xuân, Phú Mỹ...
- It is a vital road connecting BàRá»Âa â VÃ
©ng Tàu with other provinces and cities in the economic development triangle of the South: Ho Chi Minh City, ÃÂá»Âng Nai and BàRá»Âa â VÃ
©ng Tàu
Bypasses
National Highway 51 when entering Vung Tau city runs on the west bank and opens 2 more roads to the east, respectively 51B and 51C. Currently, September 2nd Street in Vung Tau city is being used for National Highway 51. 30-4 Street is converted into a local road.
On August 2, 2009, the project to expand National Highway 51 to 8 lanes was officially started, with a total investment of up to 3,200 billion VND..
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