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Contracting team picked for $3.3bn US bridge-tunnel

18 Feb 19 A team of made up of subsidiaries of three European construction giants has won the US$3.3bn (£2.6bn) Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) expansion project in Virginia, USA.

Hochtief subsidiary Flatiron Construction, ACS鈥檚 Dragados USA and Vinci Construction 鈥 together known as Hampton Roads Connector Partners 鈥 have been chosen by Virginia Department of聽 Transportation (VDOT).

The project will add two new 1.5-miles -long two-lane twin tunnels and two miles of new marine聽 approach bridges across the Hampton Harbor. It will also widen the four-lane sections of Interstate 64 in Hampton between Settlers Landing聽 Road and the Phoebus shoreline, as well as the four-lane section of I-64聽 in Norfolk between the Willoughby shoreline and the I-564 interchange.聽

鈥淭he scope of the project combined with the expertise of our joint聽 venture partners will forever change the way these southeastern Virginia聽 cities connect,鈥 said Flatiron president & chief operating officer Javier Sevilla. 鈥淲e are honored to be part of this historic project.鈥

The contract is expected to be executed in April 2019 with construction due to be completed in 2025.

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