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Gibraltar Bridge and Other Ambitious Bridge Projects
March 8, 2008 | GCaptain.com

There has been a lot of recent debate over building a bridge across the Straight of Gibraltar to connect Europe to Africa. This website explores several of the most ambitious bridge projects.


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