Road or highway 路 United Kingdom
How much did M62 motorway cost to build?
The M62 is the 107-mile (172 km) trans-Pennine motorway between Liverpool and Hull in northern England, opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, starting at Pole Moor near Huddersfield and finishing at Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool,. Wikipedia says that, adjusted for inflation to 2007, its construction cost approximately GBP 765 million; the nominal cost of the whole motorway was not found in an opened source, while the Pennine section from the Boundary to Pole Moor cost GBP 13.98 million, the most expensive rural motorway stretch in the United Kingdom.
Reported project cost
拢765 million
Approximately $1.53 billion
Cost basis: 2007
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2007
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthukmotorwayarchive.ciht.org.uk
- 172 km
Project record
Completed
ukmotorwayarchive.ciht.org.uk1976