# Anhui Xinjian to build Tinau Bridge on Nepal's Mahendra Highway under World Bank contract

> The World Bank records a signed price of NPR 1,705,429,592.57 and a 1,095-day design-and-build contract for the Tinau Bridge on the Mahendra Highway in Nepal.

- Topic: Contract award
- Event date: 2026-09-02
- First published on EPC Feed: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Value: NPR 1,705,429,592.57 (Signed contract price in the World Bank award notice (NPR 1,705,429,592.57).)
- Companies: World Bank
- Countries: Nepal
- Page: https://epcfeed.com/news/nepal-tinau-bridge-design-build


## Key facts

- Country: Nepal
- Financing: IDA-71590 (project P177902)
- Scope: Design and build of Tinau Bridge and approach roads, Mahendra Highway
- Signed price: NPR 1,705,429,592.57
- Duration: 1,095 days
- Award notified: 2 September 2026

The World Bank has published a contract award notice for the design and build of the Tinau Bridge and its approach roads in Nepal. The bridge is at chainage 589+000 on the Butwal–Gorusinghe–Chandrauta section of the Mahendra Highway. The notification of award was issued on 2 September 2026, and the notice was posted on 3 September 2026.

The awarded bidder is ANHUI XINJIAN HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD, of China. The signed contract price is NPR 1,705,429,592.57, and the contract runs for 1,095 days, about three years.

The procurement sits under the Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia – Nepal Phase 1 Project (P177902), financed under IDA credit IDA-71590. The bid reference is ACCESS-DOR-W(D&B)-TINAU-ICB-3, and the notice records a request for proposals.

The notice does not state the bridge length or its structural type. Other evaluated bidders are listed in the notice and are not named here.

## Sources

1. [World Bank procurement notice OP00466854: Contract award, Tinau Bridge design and build, Nepal](https://search.worldbank.org/api/v2/procnotices?format=json&id=OP00466854). Official notice, World Bank, Published 2026-09-03, Read 2026-10-23.