The Biggest Megaprojects Never Finished

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
  • From the Tallest Abandoned Skyscraper in the World to the Doha Sharq Crossing Megaproject, here are the Largest Construction Projects Never Finished! In this video, we go over 5 of the Biggest Unfinished Megaprojects. For more skyscraper & megaproject content be sure to subscribe to Top Luxury. Thanks for watching this video: The Biggest Megaprojects Never Finished
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  • @MegaBuildsYT
    @MegaBuildsYT  2 года назад +452

    Do you know of similar failed projects in your country? 👇

    • @iLeXcrew
      @iLeXcrew 2 года назад +122

      Yes, Berlin Airport in my country 😂

    • @HimanshuChoudhary-uc9nh
      @HimanshuChoudhary-uc9nh 2 года назад +36

      Yes, india tower in my country

    • @user-ko1vi6px9s
      @user-ko1vi6px9s 2 года назад +35

      A Skyscraper in Mandaluyong city Philippines is over 340 m is planned to be completed in 1990's but it's cancelled due to complaining of the residents because is will damage the water supply and will block the sunlight today it called the big hole near the ORTIGAS Interchange were the EDSA REVOLUTION in 1986 from death of Ninoy Aquino Sr assassinated at the airport of Ninoy Aquino international airport aka Manila International Airport

    • @HimanshuChoudhary-uc9nh
      @HimanshuChoudhary-uc9nh 2 года назад +18

      Bro india tower was a 700+meter height proposed skyscraper in india in 2010

    • @abduztheyoungboi4816
      @abduztheyoungboi4816 2 года назад +10

      Maybe Dubai creek tower is failed maybe

  • @Apollo_Mint
    @Apollo_Mint 2 года назад +2959

    The biggest megaproject never finished is the cleaning of my room

    • @patriotamerican3069
      @patriotamerican3069 2 года назад +31

      Lol, I am almost like you .

    • @davesy6969
      @davesy6969 2 года назад +74

      Some projects are just too big. Suggest you turn it into square metre mini projects and do one a day.

    • @AC_Music
      @AC_Music 2 года назад +6

      😂😂

    • @XLOKO49
      @XLOKO49 2 года назад +8

      *I have the same problem,*

    • @sugarspice6948
      @sugarspice6948 2 года назад +4

      😂😂😂👍🏻

  • @Vysair
    @Vysair 2 года назад +3462

    The China ghost city is such an excellent movie set. They should turn it into a theme park, maybe zombie based.

    • @MegaBuildsYT
      @MegaBuildsYT  2 года назад +241

      That's a great idea! 😄

    • @Legion849
      @Legion849 2 года назад +123

      It's a perfect location for the next Metro game.

    • @fjkbrunella
      @fjkbrunella 2 года назад +57

      That's an great idea. I would actually want to visit even.

    • @KillaFromErzurum
      @KillaFromErzurum 2 года назад +65

      Yes, a movie set for "I am Legend 2"

    • @deedee8043
      @deedee8043 2 года назад +13

      Am no eh they would really use that to scare people

  • @Ysumguy
    @Ysumguy 2 года назад +509

    Whenever I'm sad that I wasted $3 on a McDonalds Large fries... I'll just watch this video again and again to make myself feel better. Lol

    • @ahmadzianoori5180
      @ahmadzianoori5180 2 года назад +5

      🤣🤣

    • @rickwrites2612
      @rickwrites2612 2 года назад +15

      McDonald's fries are never a waste my friend. May you have no regrets.

    • @unique5686
      @unique5686 2 года назад

      @@ahmadzianoori5180 ruclips.net/video/xrk8nyTyEZc/видео.html

    • @unique5686
      @unique5686 2 года назад

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    • @youtubehastakenovermylife4979
      @youtubehastakenovermylife4979 2 года назад +4

      Your get sad when you spend 3 bucks? You must not be an American.

  • @frederikulv864
    @frederikulv864 2 года назад +398

    That building in Los santos.. it never gets finished...

  • @badlandskid
    @badlandskid 2 года назад +1618

    *North Korea:* let’s build the worlds tallest hotel!
    *Guinness World Records Book:* tallest unoccupied building. Got it!

    • @Max11legoPlays
      @Max11legoPlays 2 года назад +9

      @Top Luxury your not the real person

    • @chronical423
      @chronical423 2 года назад +2

      😂

    • @aa-vk6hd
      @aa-vk6hd 2 года назад +2

      @@Max11legoPlays I hate Spam

    • @Max11legoPlays
      @Max11legoPlays 2 года назад +1

      @Jupiter thats not the actual youtuber

    • @shamshershahi9880
      @shamshershahi9880 2 года назад +1

      Ohh thats fake. Many tourist have already stayed there.

  • @darrellturner560
    @darrellturner560 2 года назад +535

    My pups started digging a hole in the middle of my lawn. They were most upset when I told them they had no planning approval for the project.

    • @corruptedplayer
      @corruptedplayer 2 года назад +5

      Eh, let them dig a hole. You can plant a flower in the hole afterwards

    • @darrellturner560
      @darrellturner560 2 года назад +30

      @@corruptedplayer they have plenty of places they can and do dig. We have a small plant nursery with plenty of garden areas already. The spot was in the middle of the only small patch of leveled grass I created for the kids to play on. So their hole didn't come with any planning permits. hahaha

    • @QueenWolf22
      @QueenWolf22 2 года назад +5

      @@darrellturner560 😂😂

    • @greenwave819
      @greenwave819 2 года назад +5

      @@darrellturner560 Bro I hate to tell you this, But Biden has been over-riding property owner rights and allowing unlincesed hole digging by dogs and illegal aliens. becareful or you could end up in jail

    • @friedtoaster4059
      @friedtoaster4059 2 года назад

      @@greenwave819 he has to or were screwed

  • @RobertDGordon
    @RobertDGordon 2 года назад +355

    Alternate Title: The Largest Embezzlement Schemes Ever!

  • @wesleycross3469
    @wesleycross3469 2 года назад +30

    Just watched three of these mega project clips.. Extremely interesting and EXCELLENT to listen to somebody who actually knows what he is talking about and can speak quite well..

  • @SebBrosig
    @SebBrosig 2 года назад +305

    The London Garden Bridge takes the cake for "most environmentally friendly" project fail, because no concrete was ever poured, though reportedly a few Maseratis for architects and consultants were earned and blur the picture somewhat...

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 2 года назад +47

      What's most amazing is that out of the initial estimated total cost of $85MM, they managed to spend $60MM ... without ever putting a shovel into the ground.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 2 года назад +7

      @Aussie Pom She is probably not worth more than 20 million maximum. Why donate if there is the prospect of other more wealthy people and companies doing so ?

    • @davedruid7427
      @davedruid7427 2 года назад +5

      So the Contractors got the Money to build it but ended up getting to just Pocket the Cash when the Project was Cancelled. Those Contractor Company Owners are therefor Filthy Rich without raising a Finger.

    • @whyyoulidl
      @whyyoulidl 2 года назад +1

      @@davedruid7427 bc a contract was signed; they'd done a lot of 'gearing up' and were rightly 'owed' what was due, due to the project being canned by the other side?

    • @joseaugusto9955
      @joseaugusto9955 2 года назад

      Os humanos estão a abusar da criatividade
      A Natureza vai responder a sério ‼️👀🤔

  • @123Massel321
    @123Massel321 2 года назад +341

    The Katar project seems to be the only one, that maybe makes sense in terms of "makes peoples daily life easier". The other projects just push someones egos further.

    • @Almanay555
      @Almanay555 2 года назад +42

      it really does and everyone in Qatar want it to be actually built, it would cut travel time by a good chunk.

    • @blueberrybuttercake2942
      @blueberrybuttercake2942 2 года назад +8

      @Arse Licker How?

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 2 года назад +2

      well, the NK hotel was part of an ideological programme based on the premise that North Korea would be the envy of the world, and all foreigners would want to see the Promised Land with their own eyes.

    • @Gymrat1509
      @Gymrat1509 2 года назад +1

      @Arse Licker Jeez i’m sure it don’t take much to offend you then.

    • @Gymrat1509
      @Gymrat1509 2 года назад

      @Arse Licker ok. But explain how 123massel comment was racist

  • @hamidD2222
    @hamidD2222 2 года назад +105

    They should add the "high-speed train" project in Amman, Jordan. Initially planned to be a trainline, then a dedicated bus lane, now its no more than a walking path in the middle of the busiest road in the capital.

  • @holographicghost811
    @holographicghost811 2 года назад +34

    Imagine having to take a 20-30 minute elevator ride to get to your room 😂😭.

  • @filippobello6263
    @filippobello6263 2 года назад +80

    I´m from Brazil and there is a project that is still abandoned, the Acaquarium, located in the city of Fortaleza and was to be the 3rd largest aquarium in the world

  • @bocadquicktips
    @bocadquicktips 2 года назад +523

    It's really a shame they're going to leave a nearly 600m tower unfinished

    • @MbeyaIsHome
      @MbeyaIsHome 2 года назад +12

      Someone has to pay off the CCP first.

    • @bocadquicktips
      @bocadquicktips 2 года назад +21

      @@MbeyaIsHome nah, no more towers over 500m since each time, the government has to bail the project out. Even happened with the Shanghai tower

    • @gram.
      @gram. 2 года назад +7

      @@bocadquicktips proper stupid law but okay assuming they have good reasons, why not make an exception for that project, for it is nearly completed

    • @bocadquicktips
      @bocadquicktips 2 года назад +10

      @@gram. indeed... they could at least finish this one since it started way before the regulation change

    • @Dracogame
      @Dracogame 2 года назад +12

      @@gram. Then why don't you finance it yourself? I'd never finance it, even if I had the money to do so. Society is moving away from the idea of tall buildings full of offices.

  • @Tim_van_de_Leur
    @Tim_van_de_Leur 2 года назад +76

    In the early 1900's there was a Dutch plan to completely dry up the Zuiderzee (southern sea). About 1/3 was eventually turned in to land. I think one of the main reasons not to finish it completely was the impact on the environment. Still it enlarged our tiny country quite a bit.

    • @walid9893
      @walid9893 Год назад +1

      Flevoland 👌🏼👌🏼

  • @MeaganNouis
    @MeaganNouis 2 года назад +60

    I'm so sad that the garden bridge was never built. That looked so beautiful!

    • @webstercat
      @webstercat 2 года назад +18

      Save that sadness for starving children….

    • @mzzzzz2179
      @mzzzzz2179 Год назад

      Was the most pointless thing, stupid Boris Johnson was leading this so what do you expect! London is not a bright sunny location for the garden to thrive and all the yobs will vandalise it constantly. It's a bridge NOBODY wanted in London. Waste of tax payers money!

    • @TheWacoKid1963
      @TheWacoKid1963 Год назад +2

      Concrete, Beautiful? keep smoking the piece pipe 🤣🤣🤣

    • @queen_elizabeth
      @queen_elizabeth Год назад

      @@webstercat no one gaf

    • @fritzhenning1
      @fritzhenning1 Год назад +1

      No mention of Bunter Johnson in this vanity project disaster. He really did like saying 'yes' to blonde women. His hero Churchill also screwed up bigly in sending many thousands to needless deaths at Gallipoli. In Johnson's case, it was only money, the taxpayer's money. And I suspect he got nowhere with Ms Lumley, unlike his pole-dancing friend.

  • @AnvilDragon
    @AnvilDragon 2 года назад +19

    Superconducting Super Collider, to be 87.1 km in diameter. The SPEAR ring was being completed and scientists, designers, and contractors were at first concerened at Texas for a location but astounded when the University of Texas would be directing and designing the project. Many Universities have proposed and have run experiments at Stanford's SLAC facility. One from the University of Tokyo was finishing up at the SSRL portion of the facility at the time. Asking around, no one remembered anything from Texas and it was unknown if the new Director (Roy Schwitters) had even toured the facilities. They did buy land, dig, and get in all the concrete (Texas has many good contractors for excavations, re-bar work, and concrete). Then everything faltered. Money was being burned up as people seemed to be learning scratch as they went along, seeming not even curious about the two rings in California. The Government Oversite group seemed unimpressed as there seemed little accounting and not much of a developed plan for having completed and installed hardware. You know, that syncrotron ring bit to be housed inside the hollow underground concrete donut they built. Plug got pulled.

    • @spaceboy3101
      @spaceboy3101 2 года назад +1

      Yep, I remember this one. Massive fail.

  • @matthewbrown2037
    @matthewbrown2037 2 года назад +285

    With that first one, in China, being so close to completion, it's hard to imagine why the government didn't either take it over themselves, or find another contractor to finish it. Especially 700 units already having been sold. There are so many empty buildings over there, both completed, or close to it, it's crazy. Certainly when you consider how many of it's citizens live in tiny, ageing shanty towns, often with no proper plumbing.

    • @mvpfocus
      @mvpfocus 2 года назад +43

      Even if a building looks nearly finished on the exterior facade, there's still an enormous amount of work left to finish the inside of it. But, I agree in principle, because the idea of unfinished iconic buildings can be detrimental to the public. Then again, the cost to run these extremely tall buildings is also extreme. So, even if you use public funds to complete the building, you now need an entirely new plan for how to pay for the exorbitant operating costs... knowing that you may not turn a profit for decades, if ever. So, if the government just lets the unfinished buildings stand, at least until a private investor is willing to take on those risks... at least no one is throwing good money after bad, for the time being.

    • @AmelieZh
      @AmelieZh 2 года назад

      There are other plans for it

    • @RaineWilder
      @RaineWilder 2 года назад

      @@AmelieZh Sounds intriguing. What are you planning?

    • @longhei6323
      @longhei6323 2 года назад +1

      @RockAndRollOne 好家伙,一两个烂尾被你延申到了整个中国,原来中国的发展在你眼里一文不值,牛逼。

    • @longhei6323
      @longhei6323 2 года назад +1

      @RockAndRollOne 哈哈哈,对对,你说的都对,继续你的想法,保持下去。

  • @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189
    @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189 2 года назад +31

    I wish someone would build a small city where the transportation routes were theme park rides. Taking a rollercoaster bus to work would be so much more fun

  • @paulgrove1407
    @paulgrove1407 2 года назад +18

    Cape Town has a unfinished Freeway Bridge that has been standing ending in midair since 1977. There are a number of urban legends about its state. One involves a shopkeeper who refused to sell his property.

    • @reatile
      @reatile 2 года назад

      Moreleta Park in Pretoria has an unfinished Mall dubbed "The Villa Mall"

  • @joeshar.
    @joeshar. 2 года назад +266

    An abandoned ghost town in Turkey filled with Disney-like castles

    • @ZYNGA_
      @ZYNGA_ 2 года назад +7

      The Burj Al Babas, right?

    • @brooklynyo8507
      @brooklynyo8507 2 года назад +5

      I could not believe that wasn't on the list

    • @Turnikit.
      @Turnikit. 2 года назад +5

      Is that the town yes theory made a documentary about it?

    • @panagiotisbotonakis2349
      @panagiotisbotonakis2349 2 года назад +1

      @@Turnikit. yeah!

    • @AnarchistMetalhead
      @AnarchistMetalhead 2 года назад

      that one is just amazing
      i"d love if someone bought up the entire thing, turned it into a hotel for groups of people each renting a villa, and damned the waterflows to fill the valley next to it

  • @tafthartman4327
    @tafthartman4327 2 года назад +15

    Loved this! Keep up the good work

  • @SynergyFootball
    @SynergyFootball 2 года назад +1

    I love this kind of info. Thanks for creating 👍

  • @Marstube2k13
    @Marstube2k13 2 года назад +22

    Even if they aren‘t abandoned, in Germany we have two big failure projects: BER (Berlin Airport) and Stuttgart 21 (Train Station).

  • @TimorDa
    @TimorDa 2 года назад +131

    "Before we continue, make sure to like this video" yeah that's not how it goes bro

    • @01dirtydirk
      @01dirtydirk 2 года назад +1

      So how does it go ya dummy?!

    • @daveshusband2606
      @daveshusband2606 2 года назад +39

      @@01dirtydirk u watch the video then you like if you enjoyed it

    • @daveshusband2606
      @daveshusband2606 2 года назад +20

      @@01dirtydirk not the other way round

    • @scurity8698
      @scurity8698 2 года назад +11

      @@01dirtydirk you watch the video then you like or dislike it you goober

    • @CentCarClubTV
      @CentCarClubTV 2 года назад +3

      You like the first comment that says “use me as a like button”

  • @davidhill2677
    @davidhill2677 2 года назад +110

    It is probably mentioned in the comments below, but The Chicago Spire never became more than a hole in the ground. If finished, was planned to be 610m tall.

    • @Sweepout
      @Sweepout 2 года назад +10

      And Chicago also has the super station they half build underground for $440 million. So much wasted money between those two alone!

  • @aleksandarkomatina5348
    @aleksandarkomatina5348 2 года назад

    Really amazing, thank you for share this video, exactly what I needed

  • @josealbertomartinezvillega1610
    @josealbertomartinezvillega1610 2 года назад

    Thanks for the video, it was really interesting, hope to watch more in the future.

  • @stephenstone8968
    @stephenstone8968 2 года назад +164

    The garden bridge was a good idea, but hardly a megaproject

    • @PersonManManManMan
      @PersonManManManMan 2 года назад +14

      It does sound like a good idea, green place in middle of city with great view over river, only problem is that it got way too expensive, and yes it is not really a megaproject.

    • @robtyman4281
      @robtyman4281 2 года назад +13

      It was a terrible idea. Unlike alot of other large cities, London has plenty of green spaces (parks, gardens, open squares etc). It did not need a stupid thing like a 'Garden bridge'. Londoners were against the idea as soon as they found out that they would have to pay to go on it, and cycles would be banned.
      So in essence it was not really a bridge in the usual sense as bridges across the Thames are free and open all the time. The garden bridge was billed as a paying tourist attraction - one where bicycles were banned, and it was not open after dark.
      Both local authorities either side of the river (Westminster, and Lambeth) were also against the idea. So in the end the whole project was torpedoed......much to the delight of Londoners. Yet millions had already been spent on it before a brick had even been laid. A folly if ever there was. Taxpayers money had already been spent on it despite it not bring given the green light to go ahead with its building.

    • @JBBrickman
      @JBBrickman 2 года назад +3

      @@robtyman4281 Londoners are definitely very ungrateful and pessimistic

    • @robtyman4281
      @robtyman4281 2 года назад +7

      @@JBBrickman No, by and large we voted Remain.
      We just see through unnecessarily 'grandiose' schemes that pretend to something they're clearly not. A bridge is a bridge...... unless it's the 'garden bridge', then it isn't a bridge at all, but a paying tourist attraction that's masquerading as a bridge because it spans the river and looks like a bridge.
      It's outrageous for a design of a bridge which forbids bicycles and asks you for money in order to cross it. This isn't a 'toll' bridge it was intended to be a tourist attraction. Local Authorities on both sides of the river weren't keen on it anyway, and without either's backing, the scheme had no chance. It was a non starter.
      Another scheme that Londoners rejected was the fabled phallic 'tulip' tower that was proposed for the City of London (in the financial district). It had no purpose other than as a tourist viewing platform. We have three such attractions already - London Eye, The Shard, and the Emirates Cable Car. We don't need a fourth such attraction.
      Londoners want money where it's ACTUALLY needed - improving the roads, council services, and since the Covid pandemic, more money for social care, mental health etc.
      This isn't the time to propose grandiose tourist attractions. Londoners know this which is why they voted both projects down. And I'm glad I and they did.

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 2 года назад +10

      @@robtyman4281 - The EU is an unnecessarily grandiose scheme that isn't what it pretends to be, yet you voted Remain....

  • @Z3ph3rus
    @Z3ph3rus 2 года назад +58

    What about the Jeddah tower? Supposed to be the 1st 1km tall building has stalled since the contractor was arrested...

    • @scotthoffman7071
      @scotthoffman7071 2 года назад +4

      If he was arrested i think its a good thing that the building is not finished. Imagine a 1000m tall tower crashing down because of corruption.

  • @mikagilbert7708
    @mikagilbert7708 2 года назад +4

    - Do u know any similar projects that were never finished?
    - My thesis.

  • @pandurangarao6026
    @pandurangarao6026 2 года назад

    This video is very interesting.
    Thanks.

  • @coopienz
    @coopienz 2 года назад +25

    i wish that big curving tunnel was a thing and completed that was such a cool project :(

    • @aadixum
      @aadixum 2 года назад

      Same here. It was the only practical project on this list as it actually would have cut travel time.

  • @NbgBytezYT
    @NbgBytezYT 2 года назад +104

    North Korea were literally trying to build Darth Vader's castle lmao

  • @elpalizas
    @elpalizas 2 года назад

    Well done!

  • @rebely8608
    @rebely8608 2 года назад

    Really cool to see the Proper People's footage in the video!! I remember watching their video when it came out!

  • @RB747domme
    @RB747domme 2 года назад +16

    The bridge wasn't actually that expensive, but the legal costs and costs of fighting development, not to mention the cost of revisions, as well as all of the other administrative hoops and delays added close to $100m to the development. If it had been approved in it's entirety, the bridge could have been built for $85m.

  • @tomniedringhaus2755
    @tomniedringhaus2755 2 года назад +61

    You didn't include the Chicago Spire. Construction was started on the foundation but stopped and now it is just a hole in the ground.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 2 года назад +1

      Is it called the Chicago Hole?

    • @spaceboy3101
      @spaceboy3101 2 года назад

      @@DrWhom haha I was just going to post that! At least they got something out of it, I guess. As a bonus, they can toss your corpse in it after you get gunned down in one of Chicago's infamous nightly killing sprees.

  • @davidemprende9902
    @davidemprende9902 2 года назад

    Thanks for the video, it was really helpfull and interesting.

  • @mylesgarcia4625
    @mylesgarcia4625 2 года назад

    Luv these mega-unfinished projects.

  • @viennapalace
    @viennapalace 2 года назад +27

    The question we're all left with is, what the hell does one do with an abandoned skyscraper?
    Just wait until it falls down under it's own weight & sell the pieces for scrap?

    • @PersonManManManMan
      @PersonManManManMan 2 года назад +4

      It depends on structural sustainability I suppose, if it can stay suspended like that for years when someone comes and takes over, it can still be completed, but some might deteriorate too much and only way is to scrap it, but it cost a ton to do that too, so they just hang there.

    • @privatechannel1059
      @privatechannel1059 2 года назад +6

      @@PersonManManManMan if in a few years is to deteriorated for being finished means that that building was crap from the beginning

    • @alexdaley7616
      @alexdaley7616 2 года назад +6

      @@privatechannel1059 That's not really true. The problems happen when what will be interior spaces remain open to the elements. You don't need to weather-proof concrete if it's going be get enclosed and climate-controlled. But, if the outside of a building never gets built, those interior spaces will eventually start to degrade...even though they were properly built.

    • @MikeWiggins1235711
      @MikeWiggins1235711 2 года назад

      Maybe film a remake of "The Towering Inferno"?

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад

      It seems it’s in a residential area by the photos. What if it ends up collapsing and falling on nearby buildings? It could kill hundreds.

  • @alukuhito
    @alukuhito 2 года назад +14

    I got married once and thought it was going to be for the rest of my life. It only lasted a couple of years. It seemed like a wasted project to me.

    • @varinder006
      @varinder006 2 года назад +3

      For me too brother 😀

  • @ireneclat9804
    @ireneclat9804 2 года назад

    Thanks. Its very interesting

  • @DeihanDzilky
    @DeihanDzilky 2 года назад

    *_Ngejelasin pembahasannya bikin betah, good job Top Luxury!!!_*

  • @EricDean97
    @EricDean97 2 года назад +7

    As an Atlanta native, the entire metro Atlanta highway system has got to be the largest unfinished/work-in-progress project by square miles 😂 always under construction but never complete.

    • @spaceboy3101
      @spaceboy3101 2 года назад

      Atlanta has the busiest airport in the world. I never would have guessed it, but I learned it from watching airplane / air crash docs.

  • @DualHD
    @DualHD 2 года назад +12

    Damn you deserve 1 million subscribers, your video is actually pretty good

  • @zitr074
    @zitr074 Год назад +2

    on a similar note over here in Texas we’ve been trying to build a bullet train that connects Dallas and Houston but progress has stalled significantly. the company in charge of the project even started selling back land it bought for the project. it’s a slippery slope because though Texas is big, the bullet train would run primarily through rural land. rural land owners are not willing to sell their land easily, which makes sense, and then the use of eminent domain is an extensive/costly process as well.

  • @trieuovictoriavlogs-sweden6792
    @trieuovictoriavlogs-sweden6792 2 года назад

    Nice sharing

  • @anotherdave5107
    @anotherdave5107 2 года назад +94

    The biggest project never completed is trying to convince people to hit the like button BEFORE watching the video.

    • @MegaBuildsYT
      @MegaBuildsYT  2 года назад +1

      😅🙏

    • @cczsus6513
      @cczsus6513 2 года назад +8

      True like I don't know if the video is even good yet.

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 2 года назад

      Also hopeless: trying to stop trolls from hitting the downvote button without ever watching.

  • @bicknell67
    @bicknell67 2 года назад +15

    That last skyscraper on this list was already topped out before that ban so it should be allowed to be finished.

  • @carljr6761
    @carljr6761 2 года назад +1

    Nice Vid🙂

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 2 года назад +1

    Nice video.

  • @joaquinalonso3388
    @joaquinalonso3388 2 года назад +6

    The biggest megaproject never finished: my graduation

  • @thierrypauwels
    @thierrypauwels 2 года назад +10

    In Belgium they planned a motorway. Then they started building a bridge in the middle of a meadow (only the central concrete structure without the ramps). Then they decided to abandon the project of the motorway. The bridge has been standing for some 30 years in the middle of the meadow as a shelter for the cows. Unfortunately they demolished it recently, rather than keeping it as a monument.

  • @acfunvideos9951
    @acfunvideos9951 2 года назад

    See first time and just subscribe by outstanding content

  • @nftacitzakyeart1698
    @nftacitzakyeart1698 2 года назад

    Wow amazing mega 😁😊😲✌️

  • @magnolerriccardo6840
    @magnolerriccardo6840 2 года назад +4

    i am really glad to see that failed projects are not only an Italian fact!

    • @yassinaskar8671
      @yassinaskar8671 2 года назад

      😂😂

    • @lorenzopassero8509
      @lorenzopassero8509 2 года назад +1

      Jokes aside, I can't recollect projects this big that are still unfinished nowadays here in Italy. We have more of (relatively) smaller projects scattered across the country.
      Honorable mention: the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway that took something like 20 years to fully open and an additional 20 years to be modernized. But still I can't think of anything as massive as those listed in the video, so plz help me

    • @magnolerriccardo6840
      @magnolerriccardo6840 2 года назад

      @@lorenzopassero8509 holy truth.

  • @HopeLeigh00
    @HopeLeigh00 2 года назад +6

    These would make some great zombie/extinction level event locations to take over.

  • @TariqKhan-bs9bw
    @TariqKhan-bs9bw 2 года назад

    So beautiful video

  • @NEWSCHECKZ
    @NEWSCHECKZ 2 года назад

    great one.. more likes for this guy please

  • @JelMain
    @JelMain 2 года назад +4

    That London Bridge is one of a long string of projects caught in a decentralisation dispute, giving very little public funds to London. The City lacks a concert hall with cedible acoustics (I've performed in them all), and spent about the same on the Festival Hall and Museum of London projects for the LSO - Sir Simon Rattle eventually tired of the lies and left.

  • @Account4096
    @Account4096 2 года назад +46

    The Berlin Brandenburg Airport: *nervous staring*

    • @lunare_
      @lunare_ 2 года назад +7

      It finally opened recently. Only like 10 years behind schedule, definitely a very small delay.

    • @zraven2931
      @zraven2931 2 года назад +1

      @@lunare_ Normal for german transportation companies

    • @DonGivani
      @DonGivani 2 года назад

      Don't see why mentioning Brandenburg Airport .
      Berlin needs this airport, so it is / would be completed 100 percent

    • @peterpan4038
      @peterpan4038 2 года назад +3

      @@DonGivani Even Berlin isn't sure about that "need".
      I mean they CLOSED an airport and didn't finish the new one for years.
      Notheless the city managed just fine.

    • @DonGivani
      @DonGivani 2 года назад

      @@peterpan4038 I know, but it is good for Berlin to look in the future.
      Tegel is not up with todays standards. And let us not even start with 2008 closed Tempelhof.

  • @hoeurnhoeurnkh1629
    @hoeurnhoeurnkh1629 2 года назад

    Amazing

  • @nimashamarajeewa8041
    @nimashamarajeewa8041 Год назад

    nice video

  • @TheJimprez
    @TheJimprez 2 года назад +29

    Quebec city has a whole highway that ends straight into a mountain wall. They were supposed to build a tunnel but didn't. For years a they did was put huge concrete blocks and a few warning signs. But still, some confused or drunk drivers managed to crash into the wall at the end point. Its still there. Slowly crumbling and looking VERY dumb. Its right under old Quebec when coming in from the Laurentians park (North).

    • @alexseguin5245
      @alexseguin5245 2 года назад +1

      Are you talking about the first attempt at building the third link in the 70s, or is it something else entirely? Where is this supposed to lead?

    • @samon53
      @samon53 2 года назад

      Have you got any links to more info? seems interesting.

    • @TheJimprez
      @TheJimprez 2 года назад

      @@samon53 I Will try to find some and get Back to you. I just moved back to the city 2 days ago and I think they finally took it down. It had been there since the 80s or early 90s.

    • @naomi5418
      @naomi5418 2 года назад

      My brain hurts …

    • @MW3awesome7890
      @MW3awesome7890 2 года назад

      @@TheJimprez You got info about it. I tried to look on google map but can't see where it is. I never been there so wouldn't know.

  • @nevecenere
    @nevecenere 2 года назад +4

    Yes, Messina Bridge in Sicily. The biggest abandoned project in Italy for sure.

    • @mafalda0250
      @mafalda0250 2 года назад +1

      But Messina bridge, as you call it, has never been built. We have only the project, and we’re stilli paying it however…😢
      In Italy we call it “Ponte sullo Stretto” where Stretto is the channel between Messina and Reggio Calabria.

    • @nevecenere
      @nevecenere 2 года назад

      @@mafalda0250 Negli anni ci abbiamo già buttato dei soldi. E avevano già cominciato la costruzione, per poi interromperla. Ci sono già delle fondamenta dei piloni, tratte di ferrovie e cantieri fermi. Quindi a tutti gli effetti è un progetto abbandonato.

    • @adamwnt
      @adamwnt 2 года назад +1

      @@nevecenere e’ un gran peccato infatti, avrebbe aiutato lo sviluppo del sud, saluti da un polacco che parla italiano ;)

  • @shroomzie
    @shroomzie 2 года назад

    watching these makes me feel a lot better about myself

  • @0164677463
    @0164677463 2 года назад

    La Sagrada Familia... would be interesting Video & knowledge to share... by the way, nice video...

  • @bernardfinucane2061
    @bernardfinucane2061 2 года назад +17

    Good idea of the Chinese government to ban super high buildings.

    • @herschellpacheco7582
      @herschellpacheco7582 2 года назад

      hello Bernard, any good advice for a first time investor?

    • @umeshkumarpowtr
      @umeshkumarpowtr 2 года назад

      @@herschellpacheco7582 are you good to go economically

    • @umeshkumarpowtr
      @umeshkumarpowtr 2 года назад +1

      @@herschellpacheco7582 lol I'm a kid😂 sorry for wasting your time sister btw I'm from india once again I'm sorry😄

  • @ronald209
    @ronald209 2 года назад +22

    It's truly shocking how much money is spent on fruitless projects, and poverty is rampant globally!!

    • @bbarns6431
      @bbarns6431 2 года назад

      rich people and their toys

    • @AloysiusWang
      @AloysiusWang 2 года назад +1

      some is for the benefit of the public, some is just pride

  • @bpetnoi1472
    @bpetnoi1472 2 года назад +2

    This guy sure gets ahead of himself. "Before we continue please be sure to hit the like button". No sir first I will watch the video and then decide if I want to use the LIKE button.

  • @napewnotoja1109
    @napewnotoja1109 2 года назад

    2:33 looks like game called dying light, super cool video!

  • @detaildevil6544
    @detaildevil6544 2 года назад +9

    The garden bridge was a cool idea. Creating green infrastructure at the thames with millions of tourist coming through. I would have definetely given it a visit.

    • @willhovell9019
      @willhovell9019 2 года назад +3

      Corrupt use of public funds to construct a privately owned bridge , in the wrong place and an an elitist nonsense . Definitely not cool .

    • @anotheryoutubeaccount5259
      @anotheryoutubeaccount5259 2 года назад

      @@willhovell9019 No.

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, tossing public funds out the window is one thing, but maybe they could've charged a £1 toll to cross it? That should pay for it after awhile

  • @hypercar3663
    @hypercar3663 2 года назад +17

    Stuttgart 21 be like: Imma come in 100 years boi

    • @ramtailthebattlertr2066
      @ramtailthebattlertr2066 2 года назад +2

      ohh, that's what they're doing at the Hauptbahnhof. I thought it was just upgrading the station lol

    • @reverendbStaard
      @reverendbStaard 2 года назад

      @@ramtailthebattlertr2066, still not done??

    • @ramtailthebattlertr2066
      @ramtailthebattlertr2066 2 года назад

      @@reverendbStaard nope, there's a bunch construction at the station, pretty much nowhere else tho

    • @misterxya8465
      @misterxya8465 2 года назад

      @@ramtailthebattlertr2066 it is better to say down graiding the mainstation

    • @Vinicius.Passos.
      @Vinicius.Passos. 2 года назад

      @@reverendbStaard it's incredibly annoying. Dust everywhere and constant noise. Meanwhile every year they announce delays and that it got more expensive than planned.

  • @driftlx
    @driftlx 2 года назад

    I can’t wait to see the out come of the bridge in Quater :)

  • @youneedachill
    @youneedachill 6 месяцев назад

    I really like the idea of the park on the bridge.

  • @mooldoo
    @mooldoo 2 года назад +11

    Maybe bigger : not used cities because real estate is too expensive, like Tianducheng in China, Kilamba in Angola or still Kang Bashi in China. Those projects of city have cost billions and aren't used...

  • @shahrukhkhan8307
    @shahrukhkhan8307 2 года назад +6

    Number 3, Doha sharq bridge should not be in this list because it's construction haven't started yet and there are plans to make it.

  • @Dienow3xw
    @Dienow3xw 2 года назад

    Ghost cities? SIGN ME UP. Cool exploration to be had

  • @milesboehmer9969
    @milesboehmer9969 2 года назад

    They all make good strategic targets !

  • @sergeishabunin9469
    @sergeishabunin9469 2 года назад +26

    Not in my country but also unfinished: Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, standing 200+ meters and the Dubai Creek Tower of whom only the foundation was finished.
    And a mega project from my country which is still not finished (but under construction) the Stuttgart 21....

    • @MegaBuildsYT
      @MegaBuildsYT  2 года назад +6

      That's right! We covered the Jeddah Tower and Stuttgart 21 in one of our last videos: ruclips.net/video/WVCOYUXkeKg/видео.html

  • @cli3335
    @cli3335 2 года назад +53

    Why can’t this city be used to house all the homeless and poor people

    • @KITTYclaws10
      @KITTYclaws10 2 года назад +19

      Sadly, it's because there would be no profit in that, and profit is all that matters to governments and conglomerates.

    • @jennifersman7990
      @jennifersman7990 2 года назад +6

      Plus in these countries there are no homeless, at least in the eyes of their leaders

    • @c.aguaza7984
      @c.aguaza7984 2 года назад +7

      It seems to my that giving homeless a space they can live in, excluded from society, without a job, and most certainly in poor conditions isn't such a great idea when you actually think of it. In the sense that you're not giving them a real solution to escape from their situation.

    • @whiteydiamond
      @whiteydiamond 2 года назад +8

      You new to earth?

    • @SMaamri78
      @SMaamri78 2 года назад +5

      You are very naive if you think you can put hundreds of homeless people in an area like that. It would be a disaster.

  • @moviefreak6444
    @moviefreak6444 Год назад

    From where do you get these amazing videos?

  • @jorgemorales6271
    @jorgemorales6271 Год назад

    this is amazing what humans can do. this is wonderful these megaprojects😍😍😍

  • @hopejohn4030
    @hopejohn4030 2 года назад +54

    Investment are stepping stones for success. Waiting for the government to provide is a big waste

    • @zaranoah909
      @zaranoah909 2 года назад +1

      Well said investing is good but investing in the right thing is the actual key to success.

    • @jeevangautam6556
      @jeevangautam6556 2 года назад

      You will keep watching only the videos until you have the mindset of also making money too and get rich from investment

    • @stephenlutfy4986
      @stephenlutfy4986 2 года назад

      Investing is another way of ensuring steady cash flow, I've been earning every week for a year now.

    • @jameschristopher3496
      @jameschristopher3496 2 года назад

      Alot of people are Living good lives full of hope for the future through the help of crypto currency

    • @thiagokato6732
      @thiagokato6732 2 года назад

      I use to take loans from the bank for survival but after trading

  • @msbgone
    @msbgone 2 года назад +3

    WOW!

  • @0osha
    @0osha 2 года назад

    We have at least three recent ones here in Chicago. The Block 33 rapid transit to O'Hare, the Spire, and the Steel Mill on the far south side.

  • @ChrisJohannsen
    @ChrisJohannsen 2 года назад +2

    Biggest fuck up in Melbourne was we gave up the plans to the Burj Khalifa to Dubai. It should have been built here.

  • @realLespede
    @realLespede 2 года назад +6

    omg he actually learned and spelled qatar correctly, what a champ, incredible content!

    • @MegaBuildsYT
      @MegaBuildsYT  2 года назад +1

      hahaha :D

    • @bradleynoneofyourbizz5341
      @bradleynoneofyourbizz5341 2 года назад +2

      And you misspelled it!

    • @realLespede
      @realLespede 2 года назад

      @@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341 i probably did, im not english and i certainly do not know some words but great!!

    • @ottosump3356
      @ottosump3356 2 года назад

      Bradley Noneofyourbizz Lol ! .

    • @BurriedTruth
      @BurriedTruth 2 года назад

      @@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341 they didn’t misspell it, its Qatar in English.

  • @myspinup8782
    @myspinup8782 2 года назад +18

    Australia has several times thought of turning some of its rivers to flow inland instead of out to sea and thereby turning it's deserts into farmland but it never happened.

    • @spaceboy3101
      @spaceboy3101 2 года назад +1

      That's a fabulous idea. They should do it.

    • @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189
      @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189 2 года назад +6

      @@spaceboy3101 we have short political terms and weak leaders, we don't have the courage

  • @victoriamakeup1000
    @victoriamakeup1000 2 года назад

    Like your video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😍

  • @victorpandolfi85
    @victorpandolfi85 2 года назад

    I can’t believe you mentioned The Aria Hotel Pool in Las Vegas over the 26 floor Harmon Tower at Aria that never had a hotel guest before being deconstructed floor by floor.

  • @heyokaikaggen6288
    @heyokaikaggen6288 2 года назад +4

    I was really hoping that Joanna Lumley was being described as a mega-project.

  • @siddharthkhandelwal3161
    @siddharthkhandelwal3161 2 года назад +6

    India's GIFT City is on the verge of entering this list....

  • @martinbennett8752
    @martinbennett8752 2 года назад +1

    Just watching the video of that couple climbing the building and the crane on top made me feel queasy. I get dizzy just wearing thick socks.....

  • @QueenBeee
    @QueenBeee 2 года назад +2

    Boyfriend: I thought you were watching skating videos?
    Me: yeah I’m looking for spots

    • @blaydenappollis9406
      @blaydenappollis9406 2 года назад +1

      Yesssss I was thinking the same thing of driving here

    • @QueenBeee
      @QueenBeee 2 года назад

      @@blaydenappollis9406 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 yasss

  • @abduztheyoungboi4816
    @abduztheyoungboi4816 2 года назад +5

    Nice edting

  • @rumham3454
    @rumham3454 2 года назад +4

    Could have fed the world for the cost of all that standing concrete

  • @donkingdapiton
    @donkingdapiton 2 года назад

    im done subscribed