The port city of Da Nang not only hosts a key link to the developing eastern regions of Vietnam, world-renowned beach resorts and the route to the UNESCO heritage town of Hoi An, it now has become a tourist attraction and source of economic development in its own right, thanks to the—literally—fire-breathing Dragon Bridge.
A team led by Louis Berger Group and Ammann & Whitney won a design competition to build the 666-meter-long, $86-million crossing over the Han River. Berger has long had a presence in Vietnam, notes Jim Stamatis, Berger's international arm president. Upon learning about the design competition, Berger brought in Ammann & Whitney.