The Gibraltar Bridge is a conceptual structure spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that would connect Europe to Africa. The Strait of Gibraltar ( Arabic: مضيق جبل طارق Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is the Strait that connects the Atlantic The Strait of Gibraltar ( Arabic: مضيق جبل طارق Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is the Strait that connects the Atlantic [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. Eugene Tsui is an architect based in Emeryville, California. He apprenticed under maverick architect Bruce Goff and received a bachelor of architecture [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. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom [5]
While a bridge between Europe and Africa could facilitate trade, some have questioned its potential effects on immigration. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term [6]
Futurist Arthur C. Clarke proposed a bridge across the Strait in his 1979 science fiction novel The Fountains of Paradise. Futurists, or futurologists, are those who speculate about the future Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 novel by Arthur C Clarke.
See also
External links
- Gibraltar Bridge - Proposed Plan for Floating Bridge
- 5 most ambitious bridge designs of today
- The original Trans-Global Highway proposal
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