{"id":85447,"date":"2019-02-09T18:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T01:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=85447"},"modified":"2019-02-09T18:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T01:15:18","slug":"cleveland-bridge-wins-massive-contract-to-build-hundreds-of-bridges-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/02\/09\/cleveland-bridge-wins-massive-contract-to-build-hundreds-of-bridges-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Bridge wins massive contract to build hundreds of bridges in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"
By <\/span>Jonathon Manning<\/div>\n
The company is famous for building the Tyne Bridge and Sydney Harbour Bridge<\/div>\n
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Cleveland Bridge UK\u2019s extensive production facility in Darlington<\/span> (Image: Keith Taylor)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cleveland Bridge has won a major contract to build 250 bridges for rural communities in Sri Lanka, and has secured millions of pounds of in Government support for the project.<\/p>\n

The Darlington-based<\/a> firm, which famously built the Tyne Bridge and Sydney Harbour Bridge, will use its expertise to improve connections between communities across Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

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The project will provide 210 permanent road bridges across rural areas of the country. The firm is working with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Economic Development on the scheme, which will help more than 100,000 families access markets and schools.<\/p>\n