KIEV, July 7 - China Road and Bridge Corporation, also known as CRBC, will help upgrade M-14/E-58 highway linking three major Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson, Ukravtodor, the state road agency, reported after signing a preliminary agreement.

The road reconstruction project provides for its expansion to four lanes and the creation of a bypass road around Mykolaiv. The total length of the road will be about 200 km.