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Construction of the P735-billion New Manila International Airport also known as Bulacan International Airport, in the 1,693-hectare site - 42% complete on November 2022 - it started on September 18, 2019, with the goal of operating it by 2027 under the “build-operate-transfer” program; (Photos were taken from i) Taliptip Bridge beside Barangays Perez, and Bambang III, from ii) Ubihan-Tawiran Bridge - Ubihan Multi-Purpose Building and Mini Port, and from the iii) Replacement of falling Marcos Bri

Airport · Philippines

PHP 735.63 billion

New Manila International Airport, 2023 PPP estimate

Approximately $13.22 billion

The exosphere on the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada, on January 26, 2024, during a U2 concert

Stadium · United States

$2.3 billion

Sphere at The Venetian Resort

2023

World's largest crude distillation column at the Dangote refinery

Energy · Nigeria

$20 billion

Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals

Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station from T-Light Observatory

Energy · South Korea

$560 million

Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station

2011

Road or highway · India

INR 1000 billion

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, 2022 estimate

Approximately $12.72 billion

Energy · United States

$8.1 billion

Mountain Valley Pipeline

2024

The view of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and the Anacostia River as seen from the southwest. This through arch bridge carries South Capitol St SE across the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.

Bridge · United States

$440 million

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge replacement

2021

Baufortschritt des Küstenkraftwerks Kiel-Dietrichsdorf im April 2018.

Energy · Germany

€290 million

Küstenkraftwerk Kiel

2019

Approximately $324.65 million

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta, 2026-09-27

Stadium · Canada

CAD 483.5 million

Rogers Place arena

2016

Approximately $364.74 million

Energy · Albania

€4.5 billion

Trans Adriatic Pipeline

2020

Approximately $5.31 billion

Energy · Russia

$21.3 billion

Arctic LNG 2 development

The Twin Arch Bridges as part of the Sydney Gateway project, viewed from the shared path bridge across Alexandra Canal. The eastbound bridge has been completed and open to traffic. The westbound bridge at the back is still under construction.

Road or highway · Australia

AUD 2.6 billion

Sydney Gateway

2024

Approximately $1.72 billion

Space mission · United States

$1.13 billion

Juno mission to Jupiter

2011

In the clean room at KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare the New Horizons spacecraft for a media event. Photographers and reporters will be able to photograph the New Horizons spacecraft and talk with project management and test team members from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The RTG seen in this picture is not the real flying unit and is only a mockup. The real RTG was installed shortly before launch.

Space mission · United States

$700 million

New Horizons Pluto mission

2006

DART satellite rendering showing its only science instrument, the DRACO camera

Space mission · United States

$330.6 million

Double Asteroid Redirection Test

2022

Illustration of the Kepler Space Telescope on a transparent background.

Space mission · United States

$600 million

Kepler space telescope

2009

Energy · Russia

$26.9 billion

Yamal LNG development

2017

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., processing of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is complete, and it is ready to be installed into an Atlas V payload fairing. SDO is the first mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program and is designed to study the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information to help characterize the interior of the Sun,

Space mission · United States

$862 million

Solar Dynamics Observatory

2010

A Tampere tram vehicle at the end of the tram track at Sorin aukio in Tampere, Finland. The tram has to switch direction to continue travelling.

Railway · Finland

€219 million

Tampere Tramway first section

2021

Approximately $242.41 million

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Energy · Azerbaijan

$3.9 billion

Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan oil pipeline

2006

Artist concept of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Space mission · United States

$919 million

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

2009

The following is the author's description of the photograph quoted directly from the photograph's Flickr page. "Chiksan arms and tugboats ready to assist inbound LNG tankers at Sabine Pass."

Energy · United States

$10 billion

Golden Pass LNG export expansion

President Donald J. Trump participates in a walking tour of Cameron LNG Export Terminal Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Hackberry, La. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

Energy · United States

$10 billion

Cameron LNG Phase 1

2020

Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Energy · United States

$9.5 billion

Sabine Pass LNG Trains 1–4

2017