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How much did Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge cost to build?

The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is the 164.851 km railway viaduct of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway between Danyang and Kunshan in Jiangsu, China, the longest bridge in the world, with the first pile cast on 7 April 2008 and operation from 30 June 2011. A 2021 article gives the cost as about 85 billion dollars, about 54 billion yuan, which is the figure in the Wikipedia infobox, while a 2022 article gives 30 billion yuan.

Reported project cost

$8.5 billion

Cost basis: 2011

201603 Danyang-Kunshan grand bridge (wuxi)
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Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2011
sohu.com

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Key dimensions

Total lengthSohu
164.851 km

Project record

Timeline

  1. 7 April 2008

    Construction started

    Sohu
  2. 30 June 2011

    Opened or launched

    Sohu

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