Skip to main content

New bridge and highway for Laos

Key infrastructure projects planned by the government in Laos will help improve the country’s transport connectivity. Heuangsy Construction is to rebuild a 132km road connecting Xanakham with Hinheup in a deal worth some US$168 million signed with the government. The project includes building a new border checkpoint at Vang as well as work to 19 bridges, and links to the Road No13 North and National Highway No11. Another key project being funded by the Laos Government is the $13.75 million bridge over the M
January 31, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Key infrastructure projects planned by the government in Laos will help improve the country’s transport connectivity. Heuangsy Construction is to rebuild a 132km road connecting Xanakham with Hinheup in a deal worth some US$168 million signed with the government. The project includes building a new border checkpoint at Vang as well as work to 19 bridges, and links to the Road No13 North and National Highway No11. Another key project being funded by the Laos Government is the $13.75 million bridge over the Mekong River at Khokkhoador-Nasak, which will connect Vientiane and Xayaboury, and is due for completion in 2015.

Related Content

  • Gordie Howe Bridge opening date set
    January 15, 2024
    The bridge connecting Detroit in the US state of Michigan and Windsor in the Canadian province of Ontaria will open in September next year.
  • Chinese expressway expansion works
    April 11, 2023
    Chinese expressway expansion works are underway.
  • Work is moving ahead on the new bridge connecting Laos and Thailand and spanning the Mekong River
    April 3, 2012
    Plans are well in hand for the fourth Laos-Thai Friendship Bridge connecting Laos with Thailand. The bridge is expected to be complete by 2014 and spans the Mekong River between Thailand's Chiang Rai province and Laos' Bokeo province. The two countries have also reached an agreement for the fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, which will span from Thailand's Bung Kan province to Laos' Bolikhamsay province.
  • New international trade crossing linking Canada and US
    June 9, 2015
    The Detroit River is short, only 45km, and narrow in places, less than 1km. Around a quarter of the annual $658 billion Canada-US trade crosses over the river. That’s $160 billion worth of goods trucked each year between Detroit in the US state of Michigan and the Canadian city of Windsor in the province of Ontario - the Windsor-Detroit Corridor. There are several types of crossings, but the vast majority of commercial traffic must use the 2.3km Ambassador Bridge (see box). A new bridge was initially prop