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A new road bridge is now open in US capital Washington DC, improving capacity and safety in the city.

The Indonesian Government is planning a major safety campaign in a bid to reduce the country's road death rate by 2020.

A package of road works worth some US$206 million will be carried out in Brazil's Sao Paulo State. The civil engineering work will be focused on roads in the Baixada Santista area.

Nepal's transport network is to benefit from investment worth US$100 million, with a substantial portion being provided by the World Bank (WB).

A landmark road project worth US$125 million looks set to go ahead in Uruguay during 2011.

The contract to design the third bridge spanning the Panama Canal will be carried out by Louis Berger and China Communications Construction.

In China Ningbo City has set out a strategic plan to improve its road links and boost capacity.

A World Bank loan worth US$400 million will help complete construction of four key highway links in Ghana. New Highway connections from capital Accra will be completed by the end of this year.