The consortium of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), China Railway 20 Bureau Group (CR20) and  CCCC South America Regional Company S.A.RL won the auction for the Salvador Itaparica bridge project in the Brazilian state of Bahia with an offer of BRL 56.2 million (USD 13.81 million).

The bridge project includes construction, operation, and maintenance of a 12.4km road bridge that will connect Salvador and Itaparica Island, crossing All Saints' Bay, in Bahia, north-east Brazil. The consortium will also deliver access roads from Salvador and Vera Cruz, a municipality that occupies 87% of the island's area, totaling 4.6km, and extend and upgrade of sections of the BA-001 highway totaling 21.4km.

The consortium will have one year to prepare the project and another four years to build the bridge. The bridge management and administration will last 30 years.

The investment in the project is estimated to be BRL 6 billion (USD 1.47 billion) and the state's contribution will be BRL 1.5 billion (USD 368.72 million).