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The world's most expensive bridges

The costliest crossings
Golden Gate Bridge, USA: $704.9 million (£536m)
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, USA: $900 million (£684m)
George Washington Bridge, USA: $935 million (£714m)
Confederation Bridge, Canada: $971 million (£738m)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (eastbound), USA: $987 million (£754m)
Russky Bridge, Russia: $1.1 billion (£840m)
Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge, Malaysia: $1.1 billion (£840m)
Runyang Yangtze River Bridge, China: $1.3 billion (£1bn)
Incheon Bridge, South Korea: $1.3 billion (£1bn)
Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong: $1.3 billion (£1bn)
Bang Na Expressway, Thailand: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
Jintang Bridge, China: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, China: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal: $1.76 billion (£1.3bn)
Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China: $1.8 billion (£1.4bn)
King Fahd Causeway, Saudi Arabia/Bahrain: $1.9 billion (£1.5bn)
Yeongjong Bridge, South Korea: $2.1 billion (£1.6bn)
Replacement Woodrow Wilson Bridge, USA: $2.36 billion (£1.8bn)
Donghai Bridge, China: $2.7 billion (£2bn)
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, USA: $2.7 billion (£2bn)
New Champlain Bridge, Canada: $3.4 billion (£2.6bn)
Kerch Strait bridge, Russia/Ukraine: $3.7 billion (£2.8bn)
Replacement Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, USA: $4.5 billion (£3.4bn)
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Japan: $4.96 billion (£3.8bn)
The Great Belt Bridge, Denmark: $6.28 billion (£4.8bn)
Øresund Bridge, Sweden/Denmark: $6.5 billion (£4.9bn)
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span replacement, USA: $6.5 billion (£4.9bn)
Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China: $8.5 billion (£6.46bn)
Great Seto Bridge, Japan: $15.4 billion (£11.7bn)
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Hong Kong/China/Macau: $20 billion (£15.2bn)
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Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Hong Kong/China/Macau: $20 billion (£15.2bn)

The 34-mile (55km) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, which was completed two years behind schedule in 2018, connects Hong Kong, Zhuhai, and Macau, and consists of three bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands.

At 34 miles (55km), the megaproject is the world's longest sea-crossing bridge. It also takes the title of the most expensive bridge and tunnel complex ever, costing around $20 billion (£15.2bn) by the time it was completed. It’s unsurprising that the final bill was such a big sum, as an enormous 400,000 tonnes of steel went into building it – the equivalent of 60 Eiffel Towers.

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Daniel Coughlin

20 November 2020

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