|
The Gibraltar Bridge is a conceptual structure spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that has been described in a TV program on the Discovery Channel Engineering the Impossible - Part 1 [1] The Strait of Gibraltar as seen from space (on the left: Spain) A view across the Strait of Gibraltar taken from the hills over Tarifa, Spain The Strait of Gibraltar (Arabic: مضيق جبل طارق, Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain...
Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ...
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. Gibraltar Tunnel is a planned rail tunnel that will link Africa and Europe. ...
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] Eugene Tsui is an architect based in Emeryville, California. ...
Although termed the "Gibraltar Bridge", apart from the last project, there are 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. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 novel by Arthur C. Clarke. ...
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ...
See also Gibraltar Tunnel Gibraltar Tunnel is a planned rail tunnel that will link Africa and Europe. ...
External links
References | 
Feeds |
Contact