A tunnel under the Bering Strait between Chukotka and Alaska may require an investment of 205.4 billion dollars. This is the estimate given by Shemer analysts. The underwater section itself, up to 120 km long, is estimated at 73.2 billion dollars, and most of the costs are not related to excavation, but to the creation of infrastructure around the future passage. The project includes costs for transportation and energy facilities on both sides of the strait as well as a risk reserve. Therefore, the cost of the tunnel cannot be reduced to the cost of establishing an underwater corridor: without a connection to the networks, it will not be able to fulfill the stated role of transportation. The possible implementation date is 2041, but it is also conditional. Analysts associate it with stable funding and the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements. Therefore, the main barrier is on two levels at the same time: the scale of capital expenditures and the need for long-term coordination between Russia and the United States. For now, this is a calculation of a potential project, and not an approved construction plan.

A tunnel under the Bering Strait between Chukotka and Alaska may require an investment of 205.4 billion dollars. This is the estimate given by Shemer analysts. The underwater section itself, up to 120 km long, is estimated at 73.2 billion dollars, and most of the costs are not related to excavation, but to the creation of infrastructure around the future passage. The project includes costs for transportation and energy facilities on both sides of the strait as well as a risk reserve. Therefore, the cost of the tunnel cannot be reduced to the cost of establishing an underwater corridor: without a connection to the networks, it will not be able to fulfill the stated role of transportation. The possible implementation date is 2041, but it is also conditional. Analysts associate it with stable funding and the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements. Therefore, the main barrier is on two levels at the same time: the scale of capital expenditures and the need for long-term coordination between Russia and the United States. For now, this is a calculation of a potential project, and not an approved construction plan.