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Chinese contractor AFECC starts second Pungue bridge in Mozambique

Construction has started of a second bridge over the River Pungue as part of the project to upgrade Mozambique’s Beira-Zimbabwe road. The bridge will link the districts of Dondo and Nhamatanda in the central of Mozambican province of Sofala. Construction of the two-lane 250m-long bridge was awarded to Chinese contractor Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC), according to a report by the daily newspaper Notícias. Anhui will also upgrade 288km of road between the port of Beira and the tow
April 10, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
Construction has started of a second bridge over the River Pungue as part of the project to upgrade Mozambique’s Beira-Zimbabwe road.

The bridge will link the districts of Dondo and Nhamatanda in the central of Mozambican province of Sofala.

Construction of the two-lane 250m-long bridge was awarded to Chinese contractor Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC), according to a report by the daily newspaper Notícias.

Anhui will also upgrade 288km of road between the port of Beira and the town of Machipanda on the border with Zimbabwe, according to a spokesman of the Provincial Directorate of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources in Sofala, José Luis.

The Machipanda -Inhamizua link road is designed to have two lanes while the Inhamizua-Beira four lanes.

The Beira-Zimbabwe road project will involve seven aqueducts, two weigh bridges, three toll plazas, six police checkpoints and 50 public transport stops.

The World Bank has recently given US$73.6 million for road rehabilitation in the country.

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