¡¡¡¡YANGON, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd and the Public Works (PW) under the Myanmar Ministry of Construction signed a contract here Monday on building Myanmar's Mandalay Ayeyawady River Bridge (Yadanabon) by the Chinese company.

¡¡¡¡On behalf of the respective sides, President of the Chinese company Luo Yan and PW Managing Director U Nay Soe Naing signed the document.

¡¡¡¡Present at the signing ceremony were Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Li Jinjun, Economic and Commercial Counselor Jin Honggen and Myanmar Minister of Construction Major-General Saw Tun.

¡¡¡¡The four-lane river-crossing highway bridge will be located on the Ayeyawady River in Mandalay in the central part of the country,with its main bridge extending 1,126 meters and its largest span being 224 meters.

¡¡¡¡Under the contract, the Chinese side will be responsible for the bridge's design, equipment supply and technical supervision, while the Myanmar side for the civil construction. The building ofthe bridge is set to complete in two and a half years.

¡¡¡¡The bridge is an important transport construction project of Myanmar crossing the country's Ayeyawady river and standing as an important link connecting Mandalay and Sagaing areas.

¡¡¡¡On completion, the bridge will promote Myanmar's socio-economicdevelopment and will become a symbolic construction building of Mandalay with shining beauty added to the second largest city of the country.

¡¡¡¡The project is the sixth major one of its kind contracted by the Chinese company since it entered the Myanmar market in 1995. Before this, it had built and completed five major bridges for thecountry, namely the Myitkyina bridge (Bala Mintin), Maubin bridge,Nyaungdon bridge (Bo Myat Tun), Ayeyawady bridge (Magway) and Ayeyawady bridge (Dedaye). Enditem

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