Skip to main content

Elevated expressway planned for Myanmar

An elevated expressway link is planned for Myanmar.
By MJ Woof July 28, 2020 Read time: 1 min
A new elevated expressway is planned for Myanmar and the tender process is now underway – image © courtesy Peter Hermes Furian, Dreamstime.com

Tendering is underway for the elevated expressway project planned for Myanmar. Building the Yangon Elevated Expressway project is expected to cost US$900 million.

The tender process will remain open until 1st September 2020. So far 10 companies are expected to enter the bidding for the work.

The Yangon Elevated Expressway project will be 27.5km in length. Depending on the location, the route will be from 8-19.5m high. The route will feature two lanes in either direction.

The work will be handled under the PPP format. The project is being planned by jointly the Yangon Region Government and Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction.

Related Content

  • New Romanian ring road project planned
    September 24, 2014
    In Romania plans are in hand for a new ring road around the city of Satu Mare. The 19.5km ring road will reduce congestion in the city, which lies in the north of the country. The tender process has been opened by the Romanian roads authority, CNADNR, with bids being received until the 10th November 2014. Including VAT, the project will cost in the region of €184.7 million to construct and is expected to take four years to complete, with financing being delivered by the Operational Programme for Transport.
  • Mostotrest won another tender for building of Moscow-St Petersburg highway
    February 20, 2014
    The award for a key stretch of the Moscow-St Petersburg highway has been awarded - Eugene Gerden writes As expected by analysts, Mostotrest, owned by the Rotenberg brothers, won the tender for the construction of the sixth and longest section of the Moscow-St Petersburg highway. Under the conditions of the tender the company will build 209km of the highway (334-543km), which will pass through the Tver and Novgorod regions of Russia. The cost of construction is 144.6 billion Rubles (US$4.51 billion), 16 bill
  • New Chinese expressway projects planned
    April 10, 2023
    Major new Chinese expressway projects are being planned.
  • Mexico highway concession open for bids
    June 26, 2020
    A series of highway works are now open for bids in Mexico.