Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge Major Span Awarded by September

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it hopes to award the first phase of the $3.91-bil-lion Bataan-Cavite Inter-link bridge project by September. “The two approaches of the Bataan-Cavite (interlink project) are now under construction and we will be awarding the major span of the project within September,” Public Works Secretary Vivencio B. Dizon said at a committee hearing last week. In September 2025, the DPWH announced that the first phase of the $3.91‑billion Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge project drew at least eight bidders, mostly Chinese construction firms. The first phase contract involves a package to build the Bataan-side approach to the bridge, capped at P7.25 billion. The DPWH said the Bataan land approach contract package consists of a five-kilometer road, an interchange connecting to the Roman Highway, the Roman Interchange Bridge, the Alas-Asin Main Bridge, the Alas-Asin Overpass, the Mt. View Overpass, the Mt. View Waterway Bridge, and the Bataan Land Viaduct. The 32.15-kilometer interlink bridge across the mouth of Manila Bay is expected to boost regional economic integration and development. In 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is co-financing the project, approved a $2.11-billion loan. The government is responsible for the remaining $664.23 million. According to the ADB, the civil works for the Bataan-Cavite Interlink bridge will be broken up into six contract packages. Contract package 2 or the Cavite land approach covers 1.3 kilometers of roads, while Contract package 3 involves the north and central marine viaducts. Contract package 4 covers the south marine viaducts. Contract packages 5 and 6 involve the bridge’s navigational channel cable and high-level approach spans. Earlier this year, the DPWH recommended the award of the P3.07-billion contract package 2 of the Bataan-Cavite Interlink bridge project to a consortium led by China Wu Yi Co. Ltd. In a resolution dated Nov. 13, 2025, the DPWH’s bids and awards committee said the consortium of China Wu Yi, Jinan Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. and CM Pancho Construction, Inc. was the highest-rated bidder in terms of the combined score for their technical package and price.