Roads are necessary for the development of the economy, culture, social sphere, ensuring the security of the state. Competent operation of highways ensures continuous and safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians, regardless of the season, increasing the service life of the road at minimal cost.
A motor road consists not only of a road surface, therefore, for its construction and maintenance, it is necessary to periodically carry out many works that require significant capital investments.
10. Lerdal tunnel (Norway) - $ 7 million / km
The length of the tunnel is no less than 24.5 kilometers, which makes it the longest tunnel in the world! This section of the mountain road connects Oslo and Bergen. But it became famous not only for its mileage: the entire tunnel is equipped with special illumination, which constantly changes colors. Moreover, it even has rest areas for drivers. All these luxuries have been arranged so that drivers do not have the unsettling feeling of a closed space.
9. The track in the city of Everett (USA) - 8.85 million dollars / km
The ninth place in our ranking is one of the longest (both in length and width) highways in the world. This route is a 27 km long three-lane highway. Its purpose is to connect remote areas in the state of Washington in the west of America.
8. Expressways (Germany) - $ 20 million / km
The main attraction of Germany is the roads. Streets of towns and villages, and, of course, their famous autobahns. For example, on a section of one of the streets, 2.4 kilometers long, the old top layer of asphalt was replaced by noise-absorbing asphalt, which is about 7 cm thick.In addition to the fact that simply fabulous sums are allocated from the state budget for the construction of high-class roads, the Germans do not forget when all this to take care of the environment. An interesting fact: on such roads, traffic jams are a rare exception, due to the high-quality road surface, which accelerates the movement of cars.
7. Bypass road in Sochi (Russia) - 26-30 million dollars / km
The construction of this bypass road began back in 1988 and lasted until 2009. Today the road is at the stage of the project - according to the idea of the engineers, it is planned to significantly lengthen it. Now its length is 18 kilometers.
6. Autotunnel in Granite Mountain (Switzerland) - $ 54.2 million / km
The most expensive tunnel in Switzerland. When laying it, about 40 million euros were spent for each 1 kilometer - this despite the fact that the autotunnel has only one lane for movement.This high cost is explained by the fact that the predominant rock of the mountain through which this section of the highway was built is granite, and it is very difficult to work with it, special expensive equipment is required.
5.KAD in St. Petersburg (Russia) - $ 55.24 million / km
The St. Petersburg ring road "winds" around the entire city and, in general, has a length of 142 kilometers. In its reservoir, the road has from 4 to 8 lanes, and the price for each section varies depending on the conditions and relief features. The main advantage of the ring road is that it significantly reduces travel time.
4. Highway between Changje and Jishou (China) - $ 71 million / km
In China, roads are regarded as an important tool for strengthening statehood, therefore, great attention is paid to their construction and operation. Of the roads built over the past two years, the minimum cost of one kilometer of the highway is about $ 1.99 million (part of the highway in northwest China), the maximum is about $ 71.16 million (Changde-Jishou Expressway). This highway is a bridge over a huge mountain gorge. The question of what most of the costs are spent on disappears instantly.
3. Boston Highway (USA) - $ 117.5 million / km
The top three most expensive roads in the world are ranked by the most expensive road in the United States. Its high cost is due to the fact that the entire Boston region had to be reconstructed to build it. In order to relieve the traffic load, it was necessary to make adjustments to the center's layout by building a large number of bridges and tunnels.
2. Olympic track Adler-Krasnaya Polyana (Russia) - $ 140 million / km
Surprisingly, among 139 countries in terms of road conditions, Russia occupies 125th place, although 8,038 euros are allocated for their maintenance per 1 kilometer of the route, exactly the same amount as in Finland, which takes 13th place. At the same time, the costs of municipal roads were also taken into account. Today the most expensive road in the world is the Adler - Yasnaya Polyana road. 227 billion rubles were spent on its construction. Since its length is all 48 kilometers, the cost of one kilometer of this road is about $ 140 million.
1. Ring road around Moscow (Russia) - USD 578 million / km
Russian roads may not be the best in the world, but they are the most expensive. Of course, a dubious reason for pride, but what is - that is. The famous Moscow Ring Road becomes the leader of our rating. She has a very interesting story. Having built the first 30 kilometers of the Fourth Transport Ring, officials and engineers realized that there was simply not enough money to implement such a project. Therefore, it was decided to reconstruct individual interchanges and connect them into a single ring.
Road maintenance plays a very important role in maintaining road maintenance. Due to the increase in traffic, it is necessary to constantly monitor the situation on the roads all year round. But even all the measures taken cannot exclude the occurrence of emergencies, so it should be remembered that the responsibility for maintaining normal traffic flow lies not only with road maintenance services, but also with the drivers themselves.