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List of transport megaprojects

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Country Total cost (in USD) Object Description Year of completion Image
22 billion[1] "Big Dig" Central Artery/Tunnel Project Tunnel system 2007
 United States 17 billion[citation needed] Second Avenue Subway Subway 2016 (expected) File:Second Ave Subway CGI station.jpg
 United Kingdom

 France

10 billion[2][unreliable source?] Channel Tunnel Undersea railway tunnel 1994
 United Arab Emirates 8 billion [3] Al Maktoum International Airport

(under construction)

Airport 2021 (expected) File:Runway Al Maktoum International.jpg
  Switzerland 6.4 billion Gotthard Base Tunnel

(under construction)

Railway tunnel 2016 (expected)
 Denmark

 Sweden

6 billion Oresund Bridge Cable-stayed bridge 2000 File:Oresundsbroen HCS.jpg
 Japan 5 billion[4] Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge World's longest suspension bridge 1998
 Portugal 4,5 billion (estimated) Alcochete Airport

(under construction)

Airport 2017 (expected)
 Australia 3.2 billion[5] Rivercity Motorway - North-South Bypass Tunnel (1 of 5 proposed) Tunnel transportation system 2010
 Portugal 1.3 billion[6] Vasco da Gama Bridge Bridge 1998
  1. ^ [1].
  2. ^ BBC News - Call for new Channel Tunnel.
  3. ^ http://www.zawya.com/projects/project.cfm/pid060707061036?cc
  4. ^ Megastructures. National Geographic for Channel Five.
  5. ^ Tunnel price tops $3b; Last Of Big Subs
  6. ^ http://www.viacard.pt/uk/pvg_projecto_financiamento.htm
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