Gibraltar Bridge

Gibraltar Bridge

The Gibraltar Bridge is a conceptual structure spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that would connect Europe to Africa. [ [http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/special.html?paid=1.403.30405.0.0 Engineering the Impossible] ]

Several engineers have advanced designs for a Gibraltar Bridge on various alignments and with differing structural configurations. Professor T.Y. Lin’s proposal for a crossing between Point Oliveros and Point Cires features a 14-kilometre length, deep piers, and 5000-meter spans, far exceeding the longest current bridge span. [ [http://www.opacengineers.com/index.php?menu=projectsheet,gibraltar Opac Engineers] ]

United States architect Eugene Tsui produced a revolutionary design which does not resemble any existing bridge and features an original floating and submerging concept while creating a three mile wide floating island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. [ [http://www.tdrinc.com/gibraltar.htm Eugene Tsui's floating Bridge] ]

Recent talk of a road bridge between Europe and Africa, spanning the Strait of Gibraltar, has centred on a slightly different type of suspension bridge. [ [http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/learning_modules/maths/02.TU.03/?section=9 Suspension bridge technology] ]

Although termed the "Gibraltar Bridge", it would be unrealistic for a tunnel or bridge to terminate in Gibraltar as the territory lacks the road and rail network to service such a structure. [ [http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/tourism/general_information.htm No Gibraltar railway] ]

While a bridge between Europe and Africa could facilitate trade, some have questioned its potential effects on immigration. [ [http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/actualidad/noticias/html/f044859.htm Cultural Bridge or Barrier?] ]

Futurist Arthur C. Clarke proposed a bridge across the Strait in his 1979 science fiction novel "The Fountains of Paradise."

ee also

* Gibraltar Tunnel
* Strait of Messina Bridge

External links

* [http://www.opacengineers.com/index.php?menu=projectsheet,Gibraltar Gibraltar Bridge - Feasibility Study]

* [http://www.tdrinc.com/gibraltar.htm Gibraltar Bridge - Proposed Plan for Floating Bridge]
* [http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/the-5-most-unusual-bridges/ 5 most ambitious bridge designs of today]
* [http://www.transglobalhighway.com The original Trans-Global Highway proposal]

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