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The most expensive bridges in our catalogue

The 25 most expensive of 203 built and under-construction bridges in the BudgetGuessr catalogue, ranked by documented cost in US dollars.

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  1. 1Aerial view of Great Seto Bridge linking Honshū and Shikoku islands in Japan

    Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Project

    Japan · 1999 · Bridge$25.2 billion
  2. 2The Öresund Bridge from underneath

    strait of Messina Bridge

    Italy · 2025 · Bridge$15.29 billionOn hold
  3. 3201603 Danyang-Kunshan grand bridge (wuxi)

    Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge

    People's Republic of China · 2011 · Bridge$8.5 billion
  4. 4Eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The old and the new bridge, as seen at night from Yerba Buena Island to Oakland (mid September 2013).

    Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

    United States · 2013 · Bridge$6.5 billion
  5. 5Washington State Route 520 bridge across Portage Bay and Queen City Yacht Club, Seattle, Washington. Taken from a boat, early evening.

    State Route 520 bridge replacement and corridor program

    United States · 2031 · Bridge$5.69 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  6. 6Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement construction as of November 16, 2025

    Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement

    United States · 2025 · Bridge$5.2 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  7. 7Gordie Howe International Bridge in Detroit, Michigan days before its opening

    Gordie Howe International Bridge

    Canada · 2025 · Bridge$4.58 billion
  8. 8Mario Cuomo Bridge

    New Tappan Zee Bridge

    United States · 2018 · Bridge$3.98 billion
  9. 9Øresund Bridge viewed from a plane taking off from Copenhagen Airport

    Øresund Bridge

    Sweden · 2000 · Bridge$3.72 billion
  10. 10Crimean Bridge

    Crimean Bridge

    Russia · 2018 · Bridge$3.64 billion
  11. 11This is a photo of a monument in Bangladesh identified by the ID

    Padma Bridge Rail Link Project

    Bangladesh · 2024 · Bridge$3.24 billion
  12. 12The Samuel-de-Champlain bridge as viewed from Parc des Vélos in Brossard

    New Champlain Bridge Corridor Project

    Canada · 2019 · Bridge$3.19 billion
  13. 13This is a photo of a monument in Bangladesh identified by the ID

    Padma Bridge

    Bangladesh · 2023 · Bridge$3.07 billion
  14. 14Sea bridge connecting South Mumbai with Navi Mumbai

    Mumbai Trans Harbour Link / Atal Setu

    India · 2024 · Bridge$2.66 billion
  15. 15The new en:Port Mann Bridge in en:Vancouver over the en:Fraser River

    Port Mann Bridge

    Canada · 2015 · Bridge$2.63 billion
  16. 16The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, Turkey

    Çanakkale 1915 Bridge

    Turkey · 2022 · Bridge$2.63 billion
  17. 17View southwest across the Potomac River towards Interstate 95 and Interstate 495 (Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge) from Jones Point Park in Alexandria, Virginia

    Woodrow Wilson Bridge

    United States · 2014 · Bridge$2.35 billion
  18. 18A Heath Street-bound E branch train on the Green Line Extension between Gilman Square and Magoun Square in August 2024

    Green Line Extension

    United States · 2022 · Bridge$2.3 billion
  19. 19Puente Baluarte, Sinaloa, Mexico.

    Durango–Mazatlán Highway and Baluarte Bridge

    Mexico · 2013 · Bridge$2.24 billion
  20. 20Portal Bridge, built in 1910 by the Pennsylvania RR, is a rail swing bridge on the North East Corridor (NEC) over the Hackensack River in Kearny and Secaucus, New Jersey used by NJ Transit and Amtrak

    Portal Bridge replacement

    United States · 2021 · Bridge$1.89 billion
  21. 21Incheon Grand Bridge, Incheon, South Korea

    Incheon Bridge

    South Korea · 2009 · Bridge$1.87 billion
  22. 22Queensferry Crossing by night.

    Queensferry Crossing

    United Kingdom · 2017 · Bridge$1.72 billion
  23. 23Terminal Island bridge by Don Ramey Logan

    Long Beach International Gateway replacement

    United States · 2020 · Bridge$1.56 billion
  24. 24Jiaozhou Bay Bridge

    Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge

    People's Republic of China · 2011 · Bridge$1.48 billion
  25. 25New w:Goethals Bridge over w:Arthur Kill between w:Staten Island, New York City and New Jersey in the USA. Supports for the old bridge are visible to the right of the new dual bridge. Also showen is the w:Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge carrying a freight railroad track. The two barge-to-rail transfer facilities of New York City's new solid waste disposal system are also visible. One is on the New York Container Terminal on Staten Island, near the bottom, and is used by w:Covanta Energy; the ot

    Goethals Bridge (replacement)

    United States · 2018 · Bridge$1.44 billion

How this ranking works

This is a curated catalogue, not an exhaustive list of every megaproject. Projects are ordered by their recorded US-dollar equivalent; each detail page shows the source amount and any currency conversion. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, and construction bills, estimates, and programme costs can have different scopes. Unbuilt proposals and cancelled projects are excluded.

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