Baikampady Viaduct Tender: Six-Lane NH-66 Elevated Road, Karnataka

NHAI has invited bids worth ₹311.33 crore to build a six-lane viaduct and service road from Baikampady to the KIOCL junction on NH-66 near Mangaluru in Karnataka, and bidding closes on 14 October 2026.

The stretch runs from km 365.200 to km 368.275, so barely over three kilometres. A ₹311 crore price tag on three kilometres tells you most of the length is elevated rather than at grade.

A three-kilometre viaduct

Baikampady is industrial Mangaluru. The corridor carries port traffic, tanker movements and the New Mangalore Port approach, and it runs through built-up land where widening at grade would mean taking property and stopping traffic for years. Putting the through lanes on a viaduct and leaving a service road underneath is the standard answer to that problem, and it is why the cost per kilometre here looks nothing like an open highway package.

The contract is awarded on EPC mode, so the winning firm carries design responsibility alongside construction. One corrigendum has already been issued against the tender.

Who is in the running

EPC structures work of this kind sits with contractors who have their own design capability or a standing arrangement with a bridge design consultant. Bid security is ₹3,11,00,000 and the tender fee is ₹40,000, which is modest against the contract value and keeps the field open to strong regional players rather than only national firms.

For Karnataka contractors and machine owners along the coast, an elevated job in a working industrial area means constrained sites, night work and staged traffic diversions. That suits outfits that already operate around Mangaluru and Udupi and understand the port traffic pattern.

Machines for elevated work

A viaduct is a piling and precast job from start to finish. Piling rigs sink the foundations along the median, cranes handle pier caps and girder placement, and concrete plant runs almost continuously through the substructure phase. The service road and the approaches bring in the usual road fleet, with excavators, tippers, compactors and a motor grader working the sections between the piers. Site space is the real constraint here rather than machine capacity, because everything has to be delivered, lifted and placed inside a narrow working corridor with live traffic on one side. Contractors on jobs like this generally run smaller, more mobile plant and lean on precise scheduling instead of parking a large fleet on site.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Central Public Procurement Portal.
2. Search by tender ID 2026_NHAI_278329_1 (reference no. NHAI/KNT/Mangalore/ KIOCL/2026/309815) under the National Highways Authority of India.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, tender document and BOQ, then read the corrigendum and the EPC design obligations before you price the structures.
5. Submit your bid online before 14 October 2026.

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