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How much did the Wushan Yangtze River Bridge cost to build?

The Wushan Yangtze River Bridge is a concrete-filled steel-tube half-through arch bridge across the Yangtze at the mouth of the Wu Gorge in Wushan County, Chongqing. Its main arch spans 460 m clear (492 m as a computed span) and was the world's longest of its type when finished, the deck is 19 m wide with four lanes, and the bridge is about 612 m long with a 7.4 km access road. Designed by the Sichuan Highway Planning, Survey and Design Institute and built by Sichuan Road and Bridge, work began on 28 December 2001 and the bridge opened on 8 January 2005 at a total investment of ¥196 million.