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How much did Rio-Antirrio bridge cost to build?

The Rio-Antirrio (Charilaos Trikoupis) Bridge is a multi-span cable-stayed bridge across the Rion Strait between Rio on the Peloponnese and Antirrio on the Greek mainland, with a 2,252-metre continuous fully suspended deck, built by the GEFYRA concession under a 42-year concession whose design-and-construction contract ran from 24 December 1997 and which opened to traffic in August 2004, just before the Athens Olympics. GEFYRA states that the total cost of the project, including financial expenses incurred during construction, is about EUR 800 million, financed 10 percent by share capital, 45 percent by the state and 45 percent by an EIB loan, while Wikipedia gives about EUR 630 million and other sources EUR 839 million.