U.S., Feb. 11 -- Skanska has signed a $300mn contract with the Maryland Department of Transportation to design and build the new Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas "Mac" Middleton Bridge over the Potomac River, USA.

Skanska will be part of a joint venture with Corman Kokosing Construction Company and McLean Contracting Company replacing the existing, two-lane bridge which connects Newburg, Maryland, and Dahlgren, Virginia.

The new bridge will be replaced by a 3km (1.9 mile), four-lane structure. In addition, the project will include roadway realignment and construction of about 800m (0.5 miles) on either side of the bridge. It will also utilise an All-Electronic Tolling (AET) system.

Once the new bridge and roadway construc...