Trang Tien Bridge is the most beautiful bridge in Hue (Vietnam). Trang Tien Bridge joins north and south of Perfume River in Hue. The north side of Trang Tien Bridge belongs to Phu Hoa District, close to Dong Ba market in Hue. The south of Trang Tien Bridge belongs to Phu Hoi District, right in the center of Hue city in Vietnam.
Spanning the Perfume River there are more than ten bridges but only one becomes Hue’s symbol, that's Trang Tien bridge.
There was a bridge made of bamboo crossing over Perfume River in Hue. The French Governor in the center of Vietnam, Levécque ordered the Eiffel Construction Company to design and build Trang Tien Bridge and Gustave Eiffel designed it. Trang Tien Bridge was built of concrete, steel and finished building in 1899. After finishing, Trang Tien Bridge was named Thanh Thai and the total cost to build it was 400 million dong. This was huge amount of money at that time. After Thanh Thai King was exiled to Réunion Island, the French governor in Vietnam changed the name of Trang Tien Bridge to Clémenceau.
Trang Tien Bridge was renovated in 1906. Its length is 401.10 meter. The width is 6.20 meter. Trang Tien Bridge was named Nguyen Hoang in 1945 and this bridge now is one of the historical sites in Hue in Vietnam. Every night, a lot of local people come to the park to enjoy the fresh air from Perfume River in Hue as well as enjoy looking at Trang Tien Bridge is shined by different colours.
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