The My Thuan bridge is a cable stay bridge over the Mekong River in Vietnam. McMillan Engineering Group designed, manufactured and supplied heavy lift equipment to raise the super tee girders. The bridge spans over 1.5km and with 37m clearance.

Heavy Lift Cylinders

• 40T Capacity @ 185 bar
• 750mm Stroke
• Ø101mm Centre hole
• Hydraulic de-wedging at both ends
• Load lowering safety valve
• 4 x 15.2mm (0.6″) strands

Traversing Cylinders

• Double acting, push/pull action
• 1m stroke

Hydraulic Power Unit

• 415V, 3-Phase, 15kW
• Pressure compensated lower pressure piston pump to operate the Heavy Lift Cylinders
• Gear pump to operate the Traversing Cylinders
• 200 litre Reservoir

Control Panel

• 3 x Directional control valves to operate the Heavy Lift Cylinders, Hydraulic de-wedging & the Traversing Cylinders
• 1 x Pressure compensated speed control valve