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Gibraltar Bridge and Other Ambitious Bridge Projects
March 8 | 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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Europe and Africa to be Connected by Rail
February 6 | Thomas Net
A project to build a tunnel under the 8 miles of ocean that separates Europe from Africa at the...

Water Bridge - Interesting!
August 3 | Google Maps
Here's a Google satellite image from near Magdeburg, Germany. It shows a water bridge crossing the Elbe River! ...

Spectacular Bridges from Around the World
October 30 | MSN Travel
MSN Travel has a photo gallery of thirteen spectacular bridges from around the world. These include: Millau Viaduct,...

Bridge Collapse in China
August 15 | MSNBC.com
A 320 meter-long (1049 feet) bridge over the Tuo river collapsed, killing 28 people, injuring many and with many missing....

World’s Longest Suspension Bridge for Indonesia
October 10 | The Sydney Morning Hearld
Indonesia is planning to build a suspension bridge from Sumatra to Sangian and on to Java. The bridge will...

US Bridge Map
August 14 | David Lord
David Lord has merged the US Department of Transportation's National Bridge Inventory with Google Maps. The result is an...

Gibraltar Geology & Cave Photos
November 6 | VOX.gi
This is a short article on the geology of Gibraltar by Freddie Gomez. It includes four interesting photos of...

Gibraltar: The Geology of Urban Development
December 12 | VOX
Freddie Gomez has his third article on the geology of Gibraltar on the VOX website. This one is on...

Geology of Gibraltar, Part 2
December 5 | VOX
A second article on the geology of Gibraltar by Freddie Gomez. This article gives some history on the Admiralty...

San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
November 9 | MSNBC
A container ship ran into a column of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge and lost 58,000 gallons of...

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