What is cost of built 1 km motorway/expressway in your country? - Page 2

shpirtkosova · June 13th, 2012, 06:53 PM

Arbenit, I think Kosovo's second motorway which has recently recieved the go-ahead by the government and the IMF is estimated at 10-11m Euros/km.... This is the R6 motorway which will connect Prishtina with Skopje. This motorway also includes a 2km tunnel.

isepun · June 22nd, 2012, 06:04 AM

In India, construction of one km of a 4 lane separated highway generally costs around $2-$2.5M in normal terrain and around $3-3.5M in difficult terrain. Expressway costs are generally 150% of normal highway costs.

I am seriously baffled to see people stating $10-15 million for one km of highways!

Anyone who has driven in India and abroad on these roads will tell that there is no difference between them!

g.spinoza · June 22nd, 2012, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by isepun

Anyone who has driven in India and abroad on these roads will tell that there is no difference between them!

But there is a lot of difference in lives and wages of people who built them

***ChrisZwolle*** · June 22nd, 2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by isepun

I am seriously baffled to see people stating $10-15 million for one km of highways!

How about $ 100 million for one kilometer?

darius. · August 11th, 2012, 09:29 AM

http://www.worldhighways.com/section...sts-evaluated/

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European highway construction costs evaluated
A STUDY of highway construction costs in eight European countries highlights Austria as the most expensive.

The report says that highways in Austria cost €12.87 million/km. The next most expensive country is Hungary
at €11.21 million/km, followed by Slovakia at €9.56 million/km and then the Czech Republic at €8.86 million/km. At the other end of the spectrum, costs in Denmark are only €5.89 million/km, in Croatia €6.682 million/km, in Slovenia €7.29 million/km and in Germany €8.24 million/km.

Terrain can increase costs significantly and construction of highways in mountainous terrain is most expensive in Germany at €25.99 million/km followed by Austria with €24.97 million/km, with the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia following in descending order.

Zagor666 · August 11th, 2012, 02:22 PM

I would like to know how much a Km of highway in Nepal costs

***ChrisZwolle*** · August 11th, 2012, 02:26 PM

What a poorly written article. It compares highways to highways while the numbers given are likely regular highways vs motorways.

By the way that article is over 2 years old.

sotonsteve · September 2nd, 2012, 04:31 PM

The UK has always been behind other developed countries when it comes to road building, and our infrastructure is decades behind in development. Nevertheless, here is a broad range of costs. All figures taken from the Highways Agency website, the government body that controls motorways and trunk roads in England.

New Build

A1(M) in North Yorkshire (dual three lane motorway with hard shoulders through flat open countryside) - £16.5million/km (EUR20.5million/km)
A46 in Nottinghamshire (dual two lane road in fairly flat open countryside) - £13.5million/km (EUR17million/km)

Widening schemes

M27 Southampton (dual three lane motorway with full hard shoulders widened to dual four lane motorway with discontinuous hard shoulders at bridges, no bridges rebuilt) - £13million/km (EUR16million/km)
A23 West Sussex (dual two lane road realigned and widened to dual three lane road) - £20million/km (EUR25million/km)

Variable speed limits and hard shoulder running

M6 J5-8 Birmingham - £6.5million/km (EUR8million/km)
M1 Bedfordshire (including replacement of one bridge and remodelling of one junction) - £20-24million/km (EUR25-30million/km)

Variable speed limits and hard shoulder running are the preferred option to widening, and widening is the preferred option to new build. As you can see though, spending money on improving existing roads can cost the same or more than building new roads, so the most cost effective way of creating capacity is still to build new roads. New road is almost as taboo as the word motorway though.

June 22nd, 2012, 06:04 AM	#22
isepun New here Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3 Likes (Received): 0	Highway prices in India In India, construction of one km of a 4 lane separated highway generally costs around $2-$2.5M in normal terrain and around $3-3.5M in difficult terrain. Expressway costs are generally 150% of normal highway costs. I am seriously baffled to see people stating $10-15 million for one km of highways!Anyone who has driven in India and abroad on these roads will tell that there is no difference between them! __________________ When life passes you by................DOWNSHIFT!!!

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*ChrisZwolle* Road user Join Date: May 2006 Location: Zwolle Posts: 28,729 Likes (Received): 428	What a poorly written article. It compares highways to highways while the numbers given are likely regular highways vs motorways. By the way that article is over 2 years old. __________________ Visit the Highways & Autobahns section! my clinched highways • highway pictures @ Flickr and Youtube

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June 13th, 2012, 06:53 PM	#21
shpirtkosova BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,375 Likes (Received): 0	Arbenit, I think Kosovo's second motorway which has recently recieved the go-ahead by the government and the IMF is estimated at 10-11m Euros/km.... This is the R6 motorway which will connect Prishtina with Skopje. This motorway also includes a 2km tunnel.

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Zagor666 Motomaniac Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Rumenka - Köln Posts: 571 Likes (Received): 47	I would like to know how much a Km of highway in Nepal costs

September 2nd, 2012, 04:31 PM	#28
sotonsteve Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 19 Likes (Received): 0	The UK has always been behind other developed countries when it comes to road building, and our infrastructure is decades behind in development. Nevertheless, here is a broad range of costs. All figures taken from the Highways Agency website, the government body that controls motorways and trunk roads in England. New Build A1(M) in North Yorkshire (dual three lane motorway with hard shoulders through flat open countryside) - £16.5million/km (EUR20.5million/km) A46 in Nottinghamshire (dual two lane road in fairly flat open countryside) - £13.5million/km (EUR17million/km) Widening schemes M27 Southampton (dual three lane motorway with full hard shoulders widened to dual four lane motorway with discontinuous hard shoulders at bridges, no bridges rebuilt) - £13million/km (EUR16million/km) A23 West Sussex (dual two lane road realigned and widened to dual three lane road) - £20million/km (EUR25million/km) Variable speed limits and hard shoulder running M6 J5-8 Birmingham - £6.5million/km (EUR8million/km) M1 Bedfordshire (including replacement of one bridge and remodelling of one junction) - £20-24million/km (EUR25-30million/km) Variable speed limits and hard shoulder running are the preferred option to widening, and widening is the preferred option to new build. As you can see though, spending money on improving existing roads can cost the same or more than building new roads, so the most cost effective way of creating capacity is still to build new roads. New road is almost as taboo as the word motorway though.