Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction’s Transportation Infrastructure Business has secured Al Wakrah Bypass Road project worth INR36.55bn ($597.5m) from ASHGHAL, Public Works Authority of Qatar.

Scheduled to be completed in 32 months, the project includes building of a 11km-long road comprising ten lanes and four future lane sections with additional collectors and distributor roads, frontage roads and ramps.

The freeway will offer access to the existing and planned developments through five major interchanges consisting of 20 bridges, 13 bicycle overpasses, eight vehicular underpasses, three pedestrian bridges and 736m long and 32m wide vehicular tunnel works.

"This new order is a significant addition to L&T’s impressive backlog."

The scope of the works also includes latest road furniture and other related utility works for potable water, treated sewer effluent, drainage, electrical, intelligent transportation system, irrigation and landscaping.

L&T boardmember and senior executive vice-president SN Subrahmanyan said: "This is the company’s single largest road order in the international market and is an important turning point in our plans of growing the company’s business in the Middle East region.

"This new order is a significant addition to L&T’s impressive backlog and expertise in the infrastructure and construction business."

Al Wakrah Bypass is a major South to North freeway linking the existing Al Wakrah to Mesaieed Road, and will act as a continuation of an existing major urban North to South high-speed corridor of Doha Expressway.

At the southern end, the planned Bypass will intersect with the existing Al Wakrah to Mesaieed Road and branches into two directions to the proposed Doha Sea Port to the south and the Mesaieed Industrial area to the West.