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Topic: bridges
Bridge building projects, contracts and tenders in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Korean consortium on track to win Canakkale Bridge contract
Turkey looks set to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the Canakkale War – better known to…
Erdogan opens Eurasia Tunnel but what next for other mega projects?
With a third bridge across the Bosphorus already completed last summer and this week’s opening of…
Obama hits Trump with new Russian sanctions and Arctic drilling ban
Outgoing US President Barack Obama this week did his best to thwart his successor Donald Trump’s…
Saudi Arabia and Egypt revive $4bn Red Sea causeway project
Saudi Arabia and Egypt are planning to build a giant causeway across the Red Sea connecting the Sinai…
New road and rail Bosporus Bridge completed linking Europe and Asia
The final section of the third bridge over the Bosporus linking Europe and Asia by rail and road was installed…
Ankara to expropriate 30 villages to build Istanbul-Izmir highway
Istanbul-Izmir highway: The Turkish government has decided to expropriate properties in some 30 villages and neighbourhoods in…
Chinese consider putting up cash for Lena bridge
Lena bridge: A group of Chinese companies including the China Railway Construction Corporation, China Development Bank (CDB), Hua…
China winning race to build Amur River bridge with Russia still in the blocks
Amur River bridge: Chinese contractors have finished two-thirds of their side of the landmark bridge across…
Crimean bridge contract goes to Putin ally Rotenberg
Crimean bridge contract: SGM, the construction and civil engineering owned by billionaire and Putin ally Arkady…
Kerch Strait bridge contract goes to Rotenberg
Kerch Strait bridge contract: Arkady Rotenberg’s Stroygazmntazh (SGM) looks to be on the point of winning the…
Crimean crossing could be funded by infrastructure bonds to take strain off budget
Crimean crossing: In an attempt to ease the strain on the Russia’s finances, the Central Bank…
Stroytransgaz to pull out of running for Kerch Bridge project
Stroytransgaz (STG), the Russian civil engineering and construction company owned by Putin ally Gennady Timchenko, is believed…
Putin opens Bugrinsky Bridge across the River Ob
Bugrinsky Bridge: President Putin yesterday attended the ceremony to mark the completion of the Bugrinsky Bridge…
Amur cableway construction set to start next year
Amur cableway: Work on the cableway connecting Blagoveshchensk and Heihe across the Amur River is due to start in September…
Kerch Bridge contractor to be appointed “within a month”
Kerch Bridge contractor: Russian transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said today his government would be selecting the contractor…
Chinese propose underwater Kerch Strait tunnel
Underwater Kerch Strait tunnel: Chinese investors are proposing to build a tunnel under the Kerch Strait between the Russian…
Russian prisoners could end up building Kerch Strait Bridge
Russian prisoners: Russia’s Federal Penal Service (FPS) said that the country’s inmates may soon be deployed in the construction of major…
Kerch Strait crossing options narrowed down to two
The nature of the proposed Kerch Strait crossing linking Crimea to the Russian mainland has been…
Chinese in line to build Kerch bridge
Kerch bridge: Ministry of Transport is believed to be on the verge of appointing the China…
Ob bridge nears completion
Ob bridge: Builders this week connected the giant arches of the Siberian bridge over the River…
Yakut bridge contract awarded
Yakut bridge: A consortium led by Transport Concessions (Sakha) has won the contract to build a bridge…
Kerch bridge costs put at RUB50bn
Kerch bridge costs: Minister Maxim Sokolov has said that the construction of a bridge across the…
Work starts on new Amur River bridge
Amur River bridge: Work has begun on the construction of a new railway bridge between Russia…