Italy to build bridge to Sicily
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Meh, this project has been dreamt of since Roman times I think, and I doubt it's much more realistic now than it was 2000 years ago. It's probably just another attempt by Berlusconi to divert people's attention from the real problems.
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The bridge from Alaska to Russia would be cool. Parts of the proposed construction are being used on a couple of Canadian built bridges right now.
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Why on Earth would anybody want to connect the United States of America with Russia.
It'd be like proposing a direct none stop underground rail tunnel from Israel to Iran.
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Garrovick
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Why on Earth would anybody want to connect the United States of America with Russia.
It'd be like proposing a direct none stop underground rail tunnel from Israel to Iran.
Russia is our friend.
And our neighbor to the West.
Why on Earth would anybody want to connect the United States of America with Russia.
It'd be like proposing a direct none stop underground rail tunnel from Israel to Iran.
It's between Alaska and Siberia, they can trade ice.
Why on Earth would anybody want to connect the United States of America with Russia.
It'd be like proposing a direct none stop underground rail tunnel from Israel to Iran.
It's between Alaska and Siberia, they can trade ice.
They can compare houses.
Why on Earth would anybody want to connect the United States of America with Russia.
It'd be like proposing a direct none stop underground rail tunnel from Israel to Iran.
It's between Alaska and Siberia, they can trade ice.
They can compare houses.
You betcha
I read about it a while ago (or maybe it was on the Discovery Channel?). What I remember, though, is that the idea was to build a tunnel under the ocean to connect Siberia with Alaska. The reason was to allow Russia to export oil and natural gas to the US easier and cheaper than by using ships.Why on Earth would anybody want to connect the United States of America with Russia.
It'd be like proposing a direct none stop underground rail tunnel from Israel to Iran.
I just found an article about the idea: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/18/news/pipe.php
I don't think it will ever happen.
The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge required mind boggling technical efforts and perfection in construction though, and it also took more than a decade to build it - Italy could change governments a dozen times during construction given their track record, and any one of them could stop the project. "Perfectly doable" seems like an enormous understatement to me. And no offense, but I'd rather buy a Toyota 2km bridge than a Alfa Romeo 3km one.
Sounds like a bridge to nowhere that Berlusconi said yes to! -- RR
The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge required mind boggling technical efforts and perfection in construction though, and it also took more than a decade to build it - Italy could change governments a dozen times during construction given their track record, and any one of them could stop the project. "Perfectly doable" seems like an enormous understatement to me. And no offense, but I'd rather buy a Toyota 2km bridge than a Alfa Romeo 3km one.
Wasn't one the big hurdles for Japan's bridge earthquake activity?
As far as I know, the major complaint about the bridge in Italy is that Sicily still has pretty shitty infrastructure in that area with little to no electricity or indoor plumbing.
Yes, but that applies to the Messina bridge too.
Yeah, economically it seems pretty pointless. I would guess that for the money it takes to build the bridge, you could pay 100.000 ferrymen to get people across the straight for free for the next century or so...
All Seeing Eye
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Italy could change governments a dozen times during construction given their track record, and any one of them could stop the project. "Perfectly doable" seems like an enormous understatement to me. And no offense, but I'd rather buy a Toyota 2km bridge than a Alfa Romeo 3km one.
I think once a project is started it's not likely to be halted, who wants a quarter or a third or half of a bridge just sitting there in the water?
oh yeah.. I want to travel on a bridge built by Italian engineering. My Fiat will likely breakdown halfway across anyway.
You really want me to bring up, Ferraris, Lamborginis, Roman Aquaducts, Arches, and other feats of Italian engineering?
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