Gibraltar Bridge
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The Gibraltar Bridge is a conceptual structure spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that would connect Europe to Africa.[1]
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.[2]
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]
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.[4]
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.[5]
While a bridge between Europe and Africa could facilitate trade, some have questioned its potential effects on immigration.[6]
Futurist Arthur C. Clarke proposed a bridge across the Strait in his 1979 science fiction novel The Fountains of Paradise.
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- Gibraltar Bridge - Proposed Plan for Floating Bridge
- 5 most ambitious bridge designs of today
- The original Trans-Global Highway proposal
