Road Structures

Key road projects in Poland look set to move forward. A tender process will commence shortly for a project in Lodz. Poland’s road authority, GDDKiA, will start the Western ring-road tender process. Poland's Infrastructure Ministry will give the go-ahead. The project involves building under 29km of the S14 dual carriageway to complete the circle around Lodz. The project is expected to be worth close to €392 million in all. The first stage runs from the Lodz Lublinek junction to the Lodz Teofilow junction and

STRABAG will handle the contract to widen Austria’s A1 highway in Austria between Matzleinsdorf and Pöchlarn. The €22 million contract involves widening to three lanes and has a scheduled completion date of May 2018. The contract also includes widening eight bridges along the 5.1km section. Construction work is now underway on the project.

A new road upgrade project in India's Bihar State is now moving ahead, forming part of the country’s highway expansion programme. The US$138.4 million contract will see the NH 82 link running from Gaya to Biharsharif being widened to four lanes. Funding is being provided by the Japanese Cooperation Agency (JICA). The contract for the project will be handled by local company Gaytri Projects. The deal was awarded to the contractor by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Bihar State Road Development

Honduras is planning a series of major road improvement works. The focus of this road upgrade work will be improvements along the country’s Corredor Pacifico. The work is being planned by the Honduras Government and is expected to cost in excess of US$244.5 million. Financing is being provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) for work on the 137km stretch of road from Choluteca to El Amatillo, which will cost around $154 million. Meanwhile the 87.5km stretch from Tegucigalpa-Jicaro Galan is exp

The city of Shenzhen in China is to benefit from a new flyover project intended to improve traffic flow. The US$178 million project involves the construction of the Yangangdong Flyover, with work expected to commence in December 2016 and due for completion during 2020. In all the new flyover link will feature 12 stretches of elevated viaducts as well as 13 bridges. In addition the new link will also include two tunnel sections.

A new US$149 million highway project is planned for Côte d'Ivoire.

A new bridge could be built to improve transport connections between Uruguay and Argentina. The project was discussed by the heads of state of both countries recently. The bridge would be constructed to connect Zarate in Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province with Nueva Palma, just over the border in Uruguay. The new bridge would provide a link from Argentina’s highway 12 with Uruguay’s highway 21, while the discussions have also included the possibility of the new crossing carrying rail lines in addition to roa