Road Structures

In Russia the contractor Mostotrest will build a bridge across the Sura river on the M-7 Volga federal highway. The deal is worth US$131.3 million.

Construction work is underway in Nepal on one of the biggest box-girder bridges ever built in the country. The bridge is located in Mid West Nepal and measures just over 1km long.

Plans are now in hand for Oman's massive new Batinah Expressway project. This 265km expressway is expected to cost US$649.25 million. The project is being divided into phases and should take 36 months to complete.

Work is said to be progressing on track in Myanmar (Burma) on the Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) project.

The authorities in the Russian city of St Petersburg are setting aside funds for road construction and repairs for 2012.

Contractor Marti Tunnelbau has carried out work on the A16 road construction project in the Swiss canton of Jura with help from its Liebherr LB28 and LB36 piling rigs.

A Herrenknecht S-574 Earth Pressure Balance Shield is being used on a major highway project in Italy.

Chinese contractor Shanghai Sheng Xin Construction Co is using an Atlas Copco XAS 67 compressor on a new road bridge project in Shanghai. The new bridge is at Dan Ba Road, one of the main arteries in this older part of the city.

Funding for a 3km cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region will be boosted with financial backing from the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank).

Plans are being set out for a new bridge to link Thailand with Laos. Work on the fourth Thailand-Lao bridge will commence this month.