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The most expensive structures ever built

Costly construction
Princess Tower, $2.17 billion (£1.7bn)
Taipei 101, $2.4 billion (£1.8bn)
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, $2.7 billion (£2.1bn)
City of Dreams, $2.9 billion (£2.2bn)
The Venetian Macao, $3 billion (£2.3bn)
Lotte World Tower, $3.4 billion (£2.5bn)
State Route 99 (SR 99) Tunnel, at least $3.4 billion (£2.5bn)
Wynn Las Vegas, $3.6 billion (£2.8bn)
One World Trade Center, $3.8 billion (£2.9bn)
Olympic Stadium Montreal, $3.8 billion (£2.9bn)
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, $3.9 billion (£3bn)
Emirates Palace Hotel, $4 billion (£3.1bn)
Wynn Palace, Macau, $4.1 billion (£3.1bn)
Great Belt Fixed Link, $5.7 billion (£4.4bn)
Marina Bay Sands, $5.9 billion (£4.5bn)
Øresund Fixed Link, $6 billion (£4.6bn)
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span, $6.5 billion (£5bn)
Heathrow Terminal 5, $7.6 billion (£5.8bn)
Channel Tunnel, $12.2 billion (£9.3bn)
Gotthard Base Tunnel, $12.5 billion (£9.6bn)
Abraj al Bait, $15 billion (£11.4bn)
Central Artery/Tunnel Project, $22 billion (£16.9bn)
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, $18.8 billion (£15.2bn)
The Dubai Mall, $24 billion (£18.4bn)
Kansai International Airport, $24.3 billion (£18.5bn)
Hong Kong International Airport, $31.5 billion (£24bn)
Three Gorges Dam, $48.3 billion (£37bn)
Itaipu Dam, $48.7 billion (£37.3bn)
Masjid al-Haram, $100 billion (£76.7bn)
Great Wall of China, $360 billion (£276bn)
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Costly constructions

From sprawling dams to airports to luxury hotel resorts, spectacular feats of engineering often come with a hefty price tag, especially for projects that see costs overrun during the construction process. Click or scroll through the top 30 most expensive structures ever built, adjusted for inflation and ranked by today’s US dollar.

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Nicole Robinson

17 February 2020

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