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

Imam Khomeini International Tehran, Iran 1997 Located in southern Tehran

Kuala Lumpur (Sepang) International Sepang, Malaysia 100 end 1997 Includes high-speed rail link to Kuala Lumpur; to open Jan. 1, 1998

Aqueducts Length (m)

Great Man-Made River (Phase 2) Sarir/Tazirbu well fields, Libya 1,670,000 1998 Phase 2: Delivered first water to Tripoli 1996

Lesotho Highlands Water Project Maluti Mountains, Lesotho-South Africa 82,000 2025? Original 5-phase plan at risk; social, environmental problems

Bridges Length (main span; m)

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

Great Belt (Storebælt) East Halsskov-Knudshoved, Den. 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 islands, Hong Kong, China 1,377 1997 Opened by Baroness Thatcher April 1997

High Coast Västernorrland, Swed. 1,210 1997 Begun 1993; elevation above water 40 m

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

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

Kobbholet Magerøy Island, Norway 520 1998 Part of FATIMA project see also "Tunnels"

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

Vasco da Gama (Tagus II) Lisbon, Port. 420 1998 Total length 17.2 km; planned completion March 1998

Confederation (Northumberland Strait) New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island, Canada 250 1997 Opened June 1, 1997

Bangabandhu (Jamuna Multipurpose) Bhuapur, Bangladesh 99 1999 7.7-km road, gas pipeline, flood barrier

Buildings Height (m)

World Financial Centre Shanghai, China 460 2001 World extreme upon completion; groundbreaking Aug. 27, 1997

Jin Mao Shanghai, China 420 1997 Topped out Aug. 28, 1997

Plaza Rakyat Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 382 1999 World record reinforced-concrete structure

T & C Tower Kaohsiung, Taiwan 347 1997 Completed

Baiyoke Tower II Bangkok, Thai. 320 1997 Completed

Chek Lap Kok Terminal Hong Kong, China 516,000 sq m (area) 1998 To replace existing Kai Tak airport

Getty Center Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. 87,790 sq m (area) 1997 Cultural complex developed over 14 years

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

Eastside Reservoir East/Domenigoni Hemet, Calif., U.S. 3,380 1999 Reservoir = 800,000 ac-ft

Eastside Reservoir West/Domenigoni Hemet, Calif., U.S. 2,736 1999 Reservoir = 800,000 ac-ft

Three Gorges West of Yichang, China 1,983 2009 Stage 1: 1993-97; 2: 1998-2003; 3: 2004-09

Xiaolangdi Huang Ho (Yellow River), China 1,667 2001 Flood, ice, silt control; irrigation; power

Seven Oaks Santa Ana River, Calif., U.S. 802 1999 Flood control

Longtan Hongshui River, China 800 Pumped storage power facility

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

Tehri Bhagirathi River, India 575 2000? Construction suspended Dec. 1997; environmental controversy

Highway Length (km)

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

Pipeline Length (km)

Korla-Luoyang Korla-Luoyang, China 4,200 Petroleum; 482 km completed by late 1997

Railways Length (km)

South Xinjiang Kashi-Korla, China 975 2000 Completes 1,470-km Turpan-Kashi Railway; 200 km built by mid-1997

Nanning-Kunming Electric Railway Nanning-Kunming, China 898.7 1997 258 tunnels, 447 bridges; opened Dec. 1, 1997

Seoul-Pusan Seoul-Pusan, S.Kor. 426.2 2005 High-speed; controversy over location of Kyongju segment

Subways Length (m)

Seoul Metro (extensions) Seoul, S.Kor. 61,500 1997 Lines 6, 7, 8

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

Taegu Metro: Line 1 Taegu, S.Kor. 27,600 1997 Phase 1 (of 6): 29 stations; partially opened Nov. 26, 1997

Guangzhou (Canton) Subway: Line 1 Guangzhou, China 18,200 1997 Line 1 (of 3): 16 stations; partially opened June 28, 1997

London Metro (Jubilee Extension) London, Eng. 15,980 1998 Twin 12,390-m tunnels

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

Tower Height (m)

Millennium Freedom Tower Newport, Ky., U.S. 330 end 1999 Bell tower to ring in millennium

Tunnels Length (m)

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

Aqualine Expressway Kawasaki-Kisarazu, Japan 9,300 1997 Opened Dec. 18, 1997

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

Orelle east of Frejus tunnel, France 3,600 1998 Due to be completed October 1998

Cheung Ching Hong Kong, China 1,600 1997 17.2 x 10 m

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

Urban Development Area (sq m)

Potsdamer Platz Berlin, Ger. 620,000 2000 19 buildings