Strait of Gibraltar crossing
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The Gibraltar Bridge is a conceptual structure spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that has been described in a TV programme on the Discovery Channel Engineering the Impossible - Part 1 [1]
Several engineers have advanced designs for the 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 captured the attention of the world, with its 14-kilometre length, deep piers, and unprecedented 5000-meter spans.[2]
The Gibraltar Tunnel, a planned rail tunnel that will link Africa and Europe, is an alternative solution.
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.[3]
Although termed the "Gibraltar Bridge", apart from the last project, there no plans for either structure to terminate in the territory of Gibraltar which lacks the road and rail network to service such a structure.
Recent talk of a road bridge between Europe and Africa, spanning the Straits of Gibraltar, has centred on a slightly different type of suspension bridge.[4]
A bridge between Europe and Africa would facilitate trade, but would also introduce human problems.[5]
The 1979 science fiction novel The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke mentioned such a bridge.
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