Road Structures

Taiwan is investing heavily in its highway connections, with work now underway on the Suao-Hualien (Suhua) Highway upgrade project.

Close to US$641 million is being targeted for extension work to Taiwan's South Link Highway.

Chinese funding worth some US$50 million will help pay for a bridge project in Laos.

Bangladesh is to benefit from funding from the World Bank worth US$1.2 billion for a bridge project.

The tender process for Turkey's third Bosporus Bridge project is now open.

Italian access equipment specialist Barin has supplied one of its novel ABCLS units to a customer in Germany. The underbridge inspection machine is being used by rental firm Theo in Tecklenburg. Barin previously supplied two similar units for bridge inspection to Germany, with one being bought by Munich-Kirchheim firm Roggermaier Arbeitsbuhnen and another by Berlin company Easy Lift. Versatile and compact this latest machine has been mounted on a Mercedes Axor 1829 truck chassis with a GVW of 18tonnes.

The Chinese contractor building the fourth bridge over the Babahoyo River in Ecuador says that the project should be complete by August 2011.

Approval has been given for a US$108 million flyover project for Bangladesh. This 8.25km structure will run from Satrasta to Shantinagar via Mauchak, Moghbazar and Malibagh.