What the world’s biggest projects really cost

Approximately $1.21 billion

Airport · United States

$1 billion

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (new terminal)

2019

Crescent Junction Tram Station in Lusail, Qatar.

Railway · Qatar

$2.7 billion

Lusail Tram

2014

Famous color photograph of the "Trinity" shot, the first nuclear test explosion.

Energy · United States

$1.8896 billion

Manhattan Project

1945

MRT-7 trains parked along Commonwealth Avenue 2021

Railway · Philippines

PHP 77 billion

Manila Line 7

Approximately $1.34 billion

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday described the ongoing construction of the Metro Manila Subway project, which spans from Valenzuela City to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, as impressive and expressed hope that it can be completed by 2028.

Railway · Philippines

PHP 488.5 billion

Manila Line 9 (Metro Manila Subway)

Approximately $8.49 billion

Dam · People's Republic of China

CNY 1200 billion

Medog Hydropower Station

Approximately $166.9 billion

Capture from a time lapse video of Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stadium · United States

$1.5 billion

Mercedes-Benz Stadium

2017

View of the field at the New Meadowlands Stadium, 2010.

Stadium · United States

$1.6 billion

MetLife Stadium

2010

Photo of construction site of North Melbourne station as part of a community tour day on August 4 2019.

Tunnel · Australia

AUD 13.48 billion

Metro Tunnel

Approximately $8.9 billion

This image was created by me, Flying Penguin of Pacific Spirit Photography (www.pbase.com/pacificspirit) of Burnaby, BC, Canada

Railway · Canada

CAD 2.83 billion

Millennium Line Broadway Extension ("Broadway Subway Project")

Approximately $2.07 billion

Lake Washington; Interstate 90; Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and Mount Baker Tunnel; Seattle, Washington

Tunnel · United States

$38.3 million

Mount Baker Tunnel

1982

Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, India

Railway · India

INR 1980 billion

Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor

Approximately $22.72 billion

Aerial view of Munich Airport with Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and Munich Airport Center

Airport · Germany

DEM 8.5 billion

Munich Airport

1992

Approximately $5.44 billion

Stadium · India

INR 8 billion

Narendra Modi Stadium

2020

Approximately $107.96 million

Airport · United States

$1.62 billion

Nashville International Airport New Horizon I

Airport · India

INR 196.5 billion

Navi Mumbai International Airport

Approximately $2.25 billion

Stadium · United States

$2.1 billion

New Highmark Stadium

Front view of the Islamabad International Airport by Ahabbscience Studio.

Airport · Pakistan

PKR 105 billion

New Islamabad International Airport

2018

Approximately $861.9 million

Construction for the Ontario Line at the site of Pape Station

Railway · Canada

CAD 34 billion

Ontario Line

Approximately $24.32 billion

The terminal of the Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida seen from an arriving airplane

Airport · United States

$2.75 billion

Orlando International Airport, Terminal C

2022

This is a photo of a monument in Bangladesh identified by the ID

Bridge · Bangladesh

BDT 374.01 billion

Padma Bridge Rail Link Project

Approximately $3.24 billion

Portal 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

Bridge · United States

$1.888 billion

Portal Bridge replacement

2021

Purple Line construction in Downtown Silver Spring, June 8, 2020

Railway · United States

$9.5 billion

Purple Line