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Papua New Guinea Bridge Construction
Prime Minister James Marape on 9 March 2026 officially opened 35 newly constructed permanent bridges along the Highlands Highway, describing the country's most important transport corridor as the backbone of Papua New Guinea's economy. One of Papua New Guinea's modern climate-resistant bridges. The Bougainville Island is a volcanic island and about half of the land area is hilly or mountainous, with peaks rising to 1500 to 2400metres. The. Works and Highways Secretary David Wereh has praised the completed nine new climate-resilient bridges—three in East Sepik and six in Madang— as transformative impact project as it will boost the livelihoods of over 40,000 people in the rural areas along the Sepik and Ramu Highways. "It has brought. The Project will improve Papua New Guinea's (PNG) two-lane national road network by replacing narrow temporary modular steel (or Bailey) and other deteriorated bridges with permanent two-lane structures. The reusable Bailey bridges will be reassembled on rural roads to improve access.
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