Name Location Year of

completion Notes

Airports Area (ha)

Chek Lap Kok ex-Chek Lap Kok Island, Hong Kong 1,248 1997 Artificial island, terminal, bridge, tunnel links

Sepang International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 100 1998 Project includes high-speed rail link to Kuala Lumpur

Aqueducts Length (m)

Great Man-Made River (Phase 2) Sarir/Tazirbu wellfields, Libya 1,670,000 1998 Phase 2: Delivered first water to Tripoli

Lesotho Highlands Water Project Maluti Mountains, Lesotho-South Africa 82,000 2020 Breakthrough (Phase 1) March 3, six dams

Bridges Length (main span; m)

Akashi Kaikyo Kobe, Japan 1,991 1998 World record (suspension) upon completion

Great Belt (Storebælt) East Halsskov-Knudshoved, Denmark 1,624 1998 World record (suspension) if completed before Akashi Kaikyo

Jiangyin Yangtze Jiangsu province, China 1,385 1999 Fourth longest in world (suspension) upon completion

Tsing Ma Tsing Yi-Ma Wan Isls., Hong Kong 1,377 1997 Cable-spinning finished 1995

High Coast Västernorrland, Sweden 1,210 1997 Begun 1993, elevation above water 40 m

Xiling Yangtze Three Gorges Dam, China 900 1996 Part of Three Gorges project

Tatara (Great) Japan 890 1999 World record (cable-stayed) upon completion

Humen Humen, China 888 1996 Completed July 10, 1996

Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway Kisarazu, Japan 590 1997 Includes 10-km tunnel to Kawasaki

Kobbholet Mager Island, Norway 520 1998 Part of 28.5-km bridge-tunnel link to Norwegian mainland

Øresund Flinterenden, Denmark-Sweden 492 2000 18-km road/rail tunnel/bridge link

Severn II (Second Severn Crossing) Severn Estuary, U.K. 456 1996 Opened June 5; U.K. record (cable-stayed)

Tagus II Lisbon, Portugal 420 1997 Total length 18 km

Glebe Island Sydney, Australia 345 1996 Australian record (cable-stayed), opened December 2

Confederation (Northumberland Strait) New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island, Canada 250 1997 250-m single spans, 12.9 km total length

Kimpo Grand Seoul, South Korea 100 1997 Links Seoul to Kimp'o Int'l Airport

Buildings Height (m)

Chongqing Tower Chongqing, China 457 1997 World record upon completion

Petronas I and II Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 452 1996 Twin towers, world record

Jin Mao Shanghai, China 420 1998 Part of Pudong area development

Shun Hing Square Shenzhen SEZ, China 325 1996 Asian record, January 1996 completion

Tokyo Opera City Tokyo, Japan 235 1996 Third tallest building in Tokyo

City Area (ha)

Putrajaya near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4,400 1998 Planned national capital; government transfer 2000

Dams Crest length (m)

Yacyretá-Apipé Paraná River, Argentina-Paraguay 69,600 1998 Hydroelectric power, navigation, irrigation

Three Gorges Chang Jiang (Yangtze River), China 1,983 2009 Stage 1: 1993–97; 2: 1998–2003; 3: 2004–09

Bakun Balui, Bakun Rapids, Malaysia 900 2002 Adverse court decision June 19, 1996

Longtan Hongshui River, China 800 Pumped storage power facility

Ertan Yalong River, China 763 1998 Second largest hydroelectric power project in China

Katse Malibamatso, Lesotho 700 1996 Part of Lesotho Highlands Water Project; see above

Tehri Bhagirathi River, India 575 1997 World's sixth highest upon completion

Xiaolangdi Huang Ho (Yellow River), China 2001 Flood, ice, silt control, irrigation, power

Highway Length (km)

Indus Kotri-Peshawar, Pakistan 1,200 1998 Phases 1 & 2 scheduled to be completed by 1997

Railways Length (km)

Beijing-Kowloon Beijing-Kowloon, China 2,553 1996 Inaugurated Aug. 31, 1996, 150 tunnels, 1,110 bridges

South Xinjiang Kashi-Korla, China 975 2000 Completes 1,470-km Turpan-Kashi Railway

Nanning-Kunming Electric Railway Nanning-Kunming, China 898.7 1997 258 tunnels, 447 bridges

Seoul-Pusan Seoul-Pusan, South Korea 426.2 2002 High-speed; controversy over Kyongju segment

Subways Length (m)

Seoul Metro (extensions) Seoul, South Korea 61,500 1997 Lines 6, 7, 8

Bangkok: MRTA Red Line (BERTS) Bangkok, Thailand 60,000 1998 Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System

Pusan Metro (Line 2 extension) Pusan, South Korea 39,100 1996 Phase 1: 22.4 km, phase 2: 16.7 km

Taegu Metro (Line 1) Taegu, South Korea 27,600 1997 Phase 1 (of 6): 29 stations

Guangzhou (Canton) Subway: Line 1 Guangzhou, China 18,200 1997 Line 1 (of 3): 16 stations

London Metro (Jubilee Extension) London, England 15,600 1998 Twin tunnels

Chongqing Metro: Line 1 Chongqing, China 15,000 1998 Line 2 planned 1996–2000

Taipei Mucha (Brown) Taipei, Taiwan 10,800 1996 Phase 1 opened March 28, 1996

Towers Height (m)

Kuala Lumpur Tower (Telekom Malays) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 421 1996 Opened Oct. 1, 1996

Stratosphere (Vegas World) Tower Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. 350 1996 Hotel and tower opened April 30, 1996

Tunnels Length (m)

Pinglin Highway near Taipei, Taiwan 12,900 1999 Twin 11.8-m tunnels under Sheuhshan range

Trans-Tokyo Bay I & II Tokyo, Japan 9,300 1997 Twin tunnels

FATIMA (Magerøy) Norway 6,820 1998 World's longest subsea road tunnel

Øresund Copenhagen-Malmö, Denmark-Sweden 3,750 2000 Twin tunnels: world-record immersed tube

Huangpu Shanghai, China 2,207 1996 Opened Nov. 30, 1996

Cumberland Mountain Cumberland Gap, U.S. 1,402 1996 Underground parking garages preserve environment

Central Artery/Tunnel Boston, Mass., U.S. 330 2004 "One of the most complex construction challenges of this century"

Urban Development

Potsdamer Platz Berlin, Germany 2000 19 buildings