Gibraltar‘s Insane $10B Tunnel to Africa

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[@bellaanis7157]

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[@BIGJATPSU]

0% chance by 2030. Also, did you notice the decline and incline in the tunnel shafts? EXTREME MUCH!!! One day it'll happen because it has to however.

[@The_Red_Squirrel]

I'm glad you clarified that the shortest distance between Europe and Africa is across the Gibraltar Straits, "and vice versa".

[@bobtahoma]

The clarifications helps. It could just be one way…

[@jippee1]

😂😂upvote

[@charlesyoung7436]

Now, what about the tag line to this video? It implies that Gibraltar might be the northern anchor of a tunnel to Africa. The narration talks about a "Gibraltar Bridge." In fact, the structures mentioned in the video would be either the "Strait(s) of Gibraltar Bridge" or "Strait(s) of Gibraltar Tunnel" with Gibraltar itself not being involved.

[@CATDRL2]

Well, if Africa plate is moving northward toward the European plate, then just wait, problem solved.

[@Zireael83]

:D

[@tommymorrison6478]

Do you always talk like this?

[@brendangalligan]

The plates are moving towards each other at 2.5cm per year (the 1in every 2.5 years in video is incorrect). At the narrowest point, the strait is 12km. So we’re talking roughly 480,000 years. Though in 460,000 years the gap will be 500m, well with the range of simple span box girder bridge.

[@cParman9]

@@brendangalligan 2.5 cm is 1 in LOL its rounded up from .98 of an inch

[@franklinchinquee4293]

Wait until the 12th of never ... no thanks!?

[@mascan7905]

Finished by 2030? They'd be lucky to start by 2030.

[@tomkat7323]

Start work?? Or start talking about when to start talking about starting to talk!!😂

[@Max24871]

More like start planning by 2030

[@annoyed707]

Concept of a plan by 2030

[@AMOGLES99]

@@annoyed707 an intergovernmental treaty agreeing to hold further meetings to look into the topic by 2030

[@napynap]

A tunnel by 2030? Should have started planning it 30 years ago.

[@napynap]

@iwantgoat Maybe you missed it? @12:03

[@swilleh_]

With ancient human skills 30 years ago? sure lmao

[@TheHoveHeretic]

​​​@iwantgoatI did ... Politiicans on *two* continents, agreeing to some uncosted scheme not yet presented? To be completed *in FIVE years* ? Yeah ... right!

[@invisiblemiles]

It might get finished next century 😂

[@Djamonja]

@iwantgoat Do you know how fast a tunnel boring machine moves?

[@lukecarroll19]

The bridge isn't there because Europe doesn't ever want it.

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Not remotely close to the determining factor. It's because shipping tycoons don't want some fixed link crossing ending their highly lucrative short haul money spinner.

[@tommymorrison6478]

You speak for Europe? I don't think so. A bridge or Tunnel would vastly cut shipping costs. Europe wants that.

[@tommymorrison6478]

@@TheHoveHeretic You talk like a fool. If that were true Europe wouldn't be building the tunnel between Germany and Denmark.

[@WideCuriosity]

Floods of economic immigrants is a reason why Europe won't want it. A hoped for local slight increase in economies is insufficient benefit, plus the ridiculous cost (it will be many times any estimate as it always is) makes it prohibitive. Given the plate tectonics issue too, only a fool would waste money even looking into it.

[@tommymorrison6478]

@WideCuriosity "Cars that can go faster than 10 mph!! Impossible! And beside, they'll scare the horses!". People like you have existed since the beginning of time, and always will. I'll explain to you why Europe WILL want a tunnel or bridge - because money. That's why. As to tectonics: you, obviously can't think of a solution. Neither can I as it happens. So what? Reflect on the not unlikely chance that other guys can think of one. Geddit now?

[@NotTheFastestCuber]

These guys: trying to cross the gibraltar My country: "after 15 years, we are finally fixing this road" 2 years later: Nothing happens.

[@BoereViking]

Does your country still continue to promise you things?Wow you are lucky!

[@stevekim3217]

In reality 6-10 Billion dollars really means 75 - 100 Billion dollars.

[@donskuse2194]

At least! I swear these mega-project dreamers were obsessed with LEGO growing up. They should see the cost of LEGO now!

[@nikolatesla5553]

No, it doesn't. It might mean 15 to 20 billion. It really depends on so many other factors. That said, 10 billion to join Western Africa to Europe is a bargain.

[@mike140298]

​@@nikolatesla5553yeah, if they come up with a plan that's actually structurally sound, 10B would be an easy decision. I hope they make it happen.

[@Stuart.Branson.]

Exactly ! HS2 in UK - was going to be 71bn now near to 1Tn , imagine how many politicians have new yachts

[@jeffsaffron5647]

And all of that would be paid by the EU... just so illegals can get in faster. Luckily this is never going to happen as conservatives are likely to win election in 2027.

[@TheHoveHeretic]

4'00" "A bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar has to put up with high winds". Coming immediately after the example of the 55km Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao structure, this gave me a chuckle due to two missing words .... *taifun season*

[@SkyHighCity]

The estimate is 10 billion, triple it and then we have a realistic estimate

[@Dogod2]

I don't know what country you're from, but Spain is better at this kind of thing than the US or UK.

[@SkyHighCity]

@@Dogod2 Maybe it's because I'm American but I find it extremely hard to believe it will finish on a budget of 10 billion with the scale and complexity of the challenge.

[@Zireael83]

@@Dogod2 lol ^^

[@ryanironheart4154]

Here in Ottawa we built a tunnel under our downtown core for our failed light rail system. It's only 2.5 KM and 90 M underground. That cost taxpayers an estimate 500 million but likely at least double to due delays and issues during construction. So Yeah 10 billion for the Gibraltar tunnel seems like a really low ball estimate.

[@HUSSAR-AOW3]

True, remember estimations are very different from the cost that'll have to be paid, it will cost way more then what the estimations say for sure

[@atholmullen]

The surface current runs one way. The current near the sea floor runs the other way. The logical thing to do would be to build an immersed bridge at the neutral depth between the two currents, with an enclosed deck that functions as an immersed tube tunnel. Even with approach tunnels through the rock on both sides, it would be far shorter and shallower than a tunnel underneath the sea floor. It would also be deep enough to be out of the way of shipping. A small amount of curvature could be designed in to allow for a few centuries of tectonic plate movement.

[@triggerwarning7662]

Won't work due to currents in two directions at different levels, a fault line, submarine sabotages, lack of consensus over right of passage/international passage territorial waters, and other such issues.

[@stephendoherty8291]

And the off "few" ships that pass in and out of the straits? 300 every day need to move side by side to gain access to both the Atlantic and the Med. That ignores all the crap and sea debris, the odd sub and Aircraft carrier. If $10b is just a vague idea, then the real cost is likely X3 so $30b and that presumes no big inflation spike. Ohh and if you're an illegal migrant trying to get to Europe then bingo. Same for all that hash and drugs landed in North Africa from South America

[@Aabergm]

That is a far more intelligent way of saying what I thought, which I phrased as a reverse rope bridge

[@Swamp_Ig]

The sheer layer shifts over time though, it's not stable. The design needs to account for the worst possible stresses, plus a wide safety margin. Not something barely adequate. Despite all that, the submerged and floating tunnel might be a good option.

[@randrothify]

The pressure on such a bridge would be so immense that it would be neither feasible nor likely the kind of bridge that anyone would feel safe traversing for 14km below the surface. And if the estimates of tectonic shift are even a hair off this bridge could turn into the most catastrophic mass infrastructure project in history with negative ecological, psychological, and economic effects that last generations. However implausible, a subterranean seabed tunnel would have the highest chance of success because at least there would be solid bedrock supporting the structure and holding the seawater at bay. I would still be very nervous as a passenger given the enormous forces at play. The Channel Tunnel is a much different beast as it does not descend to anywhere near the depths that a Gibraltar Strait tunnel would require.

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[@slowdown273]

It never ceases to amaze me that all these "engineering channels" never abstain to dub any mega project "insane", like they are built on a whim, without plans or studies, or like they are doomed to fail. It's such an insult to the ingenuity and achievement of modern mankind that some of its greatest achievements are dubbed "insane" just to capture the attention of a crowd that mostly will never fathom the hard work, decades of research, willpower or expertise needed to accomplish these kinds of projects.

[@Baloo555]

The lack of transportation infrastructure between Europe and Africa is a feature not a bug.

[@jeffsaffron5647]

exactly, luckily this non-sense is never going to happen for multiple of reasons.

[@CarlZimmerJung]

There a literally hundreds of farries crossing. There is transportation infrastructure and it's vivid.

[@ahaveland]

Haven't they considered a submersible tunnel that can be built in sections, floated into place and then sunk to below ship displacement depth with relatively neutral buoyancy and held in place by stay cables and buoys? That would solve tektonic drift and would only have tides and less than 3 atmospheres of pressure to worry about at 30 m depth.

[@sdspivey]

No way a drive across a bridge would be only 30 minutes, there would be at least that long of a backup for border control.

[@philtucker1224]

I’m not so sure, it only takes that long to travel under the 30kms English channel tunnel..

[@sdspivey]

@@philtucker1224 Brits going to Europe is a lot different than African refugees flooding in.

[@gdfggggg]

There won’t be a border control, that’s the plan.

[@anuragtumane5227]

Gibraltar Tunnel will be a project of epic and insane proportions.

[@VerilyVerbatim]

Oh, of course... at the time, everyone thought that it was insane to try and connect England to France by an underwater tunnel, and using trains. They did it though.

[@BrinJay-s4v]

pity.

[@jeffsaffron5647]

half of the UK population would love to close that tunnel forever.

[@BrinJay-s4v]

@@jeffsaffron5647 I have used it and do not like the experience one bit.

[@wintermath3173]

I'd love a video that goes deeper into how the tunnel will withstand the tectonic motion of Africa towards Europe

[@Djamonja]

It wouldn't, and that's why it won't happen.

[@HueManna]

Ever heard of a slinky, duh...problem solved. 🙃

[@Swamp_Ig]

Just make it super rigid, then the tectonic motion will stop! 😜

[@simhedgesrex7097]

Spain *has* recognised Britain's sovereignty over Gibraltar, because it was a signatory to the Treaty of Utrecht 1713 which granted the territory to Britain. It's just that it's changed its mind since.

[@alexbertran3873]

Yes...that was when Brittons betrayed Catalonia....it happened again decades later.... Spain should close Gibraltar border

[@Mr_Jamin007]

@@alexbertran3873 a lot of the people who work on Gibraltar are Spanish. That's why they want it back.

[@FanNy-ku6wt]

@Mr_Jamin007 Well, it's in Spain to begin with, so that seems the first point to notice, besides the workers.

[@Mr_Jamin007]

@@FanNy-ku6wt it's next to Spain.

[@simhedgesrex7097]

@@FanNy-ku6wt " it's in Spain to begin with" Just like Belgium is in France, and Norway is in Sweden, and Luxembourg is in Germany. and Ukraine is in Russia.

[@johnaziz4464]

That's amazing, I need to go there to bless the rains 🙏🏼

[@ps.2]

Cute, but while there are rains in Morocco, those aren't the ones you want to bless. The song references the Serengeti, thousands of miles to the southeast, and there's a pretty formidable desert in your way. The Gibraltar crossing is going to be the least of your adventures. (:

[@johnaziz4464]

@@ps.2 It's gonna take some time to do the things we never had ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ps.2]

@ Hurry, boy.

[@iansmith5761]

It makes much more sense to have a two tier ferry service - a low cost line and a luxury line that would also serve to subsidize the low cost service

[@BillTrid21]

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[@SancLunatic]

There is a major tectonic plate boundery running right through that strait. The next tectonic event there would destroy $10B instantly. Lol

[@wainber1]

Going by road from Africa to Europe, with the only road links between Africa and Eurasia over in the Middle East, is so time-consuming by taking a ferry or airplane is more practical. It won't be easy to construct a tunnel or bridge between the Iberian Peninsula and Africa although that part of the world doesn't have impenetrable jungle unlike the Darien Gap in Panama that reaches right up to the border with Colombia.

[@BradHouser]

It sounds great on paper. Like everything in the world, predicting the final cost of something that takes years to complete requires making assumptions about inflation, which is always wrong. Also, there are many ways projects like this get delayed, and few that beat the schedule, because every task is underestimated in time and budget. My guess is it will happen someday, but not by 2030.

[@malagasylisa1680]

I love this idea. Connecting Africa to Europe is a win-win.

[@user-cm9pt8bo3l]

No.

[@iann23]

Win-win only for Africa

[@christophercardono6274]

Bad idea.

[@jeffsaffron5647]

EU has no benefit from this...

[@EdwinaTS]

A floating tunnel seems easy to do. Just anchor the tunnel to the channel's floor by numerous chains which are torsioned by computers. The tortioning equipment should be easy to replace and maintained. So no more problems of moving tectonics, depth of floating can be optimised.

[@sjc75vs]

Very vulnerable target for state level terrorism from the likes of Russia though of course, or even accidental damage of the cables by military submarines, and a lot of those pass through. But I agree that in principle a tube 100M or so deep "seems like" it would be simpler, but I guess the engineers know things me and you dont....

[@CarlZimmerJung]

Thanks for your knowledge. Mr. Easytodo 😂

[@HammerOn-bu7gx]

You have made an incorrect statement. Per ton of cargo, ships are the most efficient form of transport.

[@MichaelOHalloran-yd1qo]

For long-haul, that is true. But is not the case when a container is offloaded from a train, then shipped 20km, then reloaded onto another train or truck to complete the journey. Much, much cheaper and more time efficient to fill that 20km with rail, and so avoid all the double-handling.

[@ConstantChaos1]

Only over long distances and in large spaced out shipments, not for short distance daily or repeat daily crossings

[@ConstantChaos1]

@iwantgoat are you actually too dumb to know makeup is a thing?

[@ConstantChaos1]

@iwantgoat weird way to say you've never seen goth makeup but go off

[@edouardsowa3660]

How about a floating bridge ? A bridge that would stabilise itself against the wind,automatically,by using the wind. I have ideas about it. It would have several opening doors to let the ships in and out.

[@pg.travels]

Not ideal for a busy shipping lane...

[@eddiejc1]

Actually most Americans don't or rarely travel to Europe (and if they do, they usually go to places other than Spain) , so most of them don't know about Gibraltar's monkeys. However, most of them ARE familiar with Paramount Pictures' mountain logo (especially if they've seen any Indiana Jones movie) which is based on the Rock of Gibraltar. (Prudential's logo is also based off of it.)

[@anterometso276]

Just make a flexible pipe that floats deep enough and is held in position by propellers. Drone technology should do the trick.

[@kaloarepo288]

Italy to Sicily bridge next???

[@christophercardono6274]

That's I approve, not Africa to Spain, it's a bad idea.

[@jeffsaffron5647]

dude... not everything needs to be connected, there is a certain beauty in isolation.

[@BrinJay-s4v]

It was due to start but there are no advantages and the the straights are turbulent so it cancelled much like the one from France to the isle de Rae held few advantage's for the residents

[@lukasrentz3238]

8:10 An Important difference between a Bridge crossing the Strait of Gibraltar and the Golden Gate Bridge is, that the San Andreas Fault runs parallel to the Bridge and does not cross it. While Fault Lines certainly will cross the Path of a Gibraltar Bridge.

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[@aaaa-sd3wf]

NA, NO BRIDGE WE WANT WALL , DONALD TRUMP WALL

[@USCO3441]

@@aaaa-sd3wf wtf

[@swilleh_]

​@@aaaa-sd3wflmao

[@MVD-SC]

I think the best option would be a submarine tunnel attached with cables to the bed of the sea, I mean a levitating tunnel submerged under the sea level. I think a tunnel like this is being built between Denmark and Germany. Such a big endeavor would create a huge amount workforce during construction and after.

[@jeffsaffron5647]

best option would be no tunnel and no bridge... believe me.

[@joeguerra8435]

If a tunnel is eventually done, connecting Gibraltar to Morocco, Europe to Africa, our world will look very different. We will be able to travel from the northern most tips of Scandinavia to South Africa. That’s an amazing thought.

[@jeffsaffron5647]

0.00001% people who would actually do this can simply take a boat across Gibraltar straight. Europe has nothing to gain from this.

[@BrinJay-s4v]

Amazing but to what end is it . Can't see Gib as being keen I lived there 30 years ago.

[@WilhelmSallsten]

Aren't Spain and Morocco on different tectonic plates? That move? Big problem.

[@oussamarahhab1128]

1 cm a year. In 100 years, that's 100 cm. I'm confident there are technologies out there that can easily dissipate that very-long pressure building over a century

[@jeffsaffron5647]

@@oussamarahhab1128 yea I am pretty sure this could be solved if enough money was poured into this. Real problems are political ones, last thing Europe needs is another path way for illegals to get in. And with conservatives likely to win next election in Spain, it is highly unlikely this will ever going to happen.

[@rocket22mike]

Tunnel yes, bridge no, cost for this tunnel providing it is doable would be 50 billion plus Euro, finishing date if where serious to get started now could be 2040 or 2045. Should it be done, I'd say yes!

[@philippehoyez9398]

Anything and everything!

[@jcarp1776]

We now have oil drilling platforms that float above the oil wells and are stabilized from drifting off target. Could this technology be used to float a bridge over the Straight of Gibraltar?

[@V3ntilator]

Norway already started building worlds longest underwater floating highway and will be done by 2032 or so. The highway will be inside a tube. Norway are also making worlds first Cruise ship tunnel through a mountain.

[@annoyed707]

Neither of those have to cross one of the world's busiest shipping routes.

[@GlennMakley]

What about the plate tectonics? Seems like that would be a bigger threat for the tunnel, than the bridge.

[@Nubbe999]

It's good out of an economic standpoint for Europe and Africa. The reason it has never been built is the problem with immigration that a lot of European countries have problems with.

[@BrinJay-s4v]

apart from idiotic woke bots

[@myizukai8478]

I mean they could also do what Norway is planning with some of its Tunnel projects floating tunnels

[@MarloSoBalJr]

There's a very "good" reason as to why Africa and Europe are not connected. 🙃

[@ChrisMorton]

What about linked floating platforms? Like a daisy chain of anchored oil rigs...

[@edouardsowa3660]

I think they can do it,but is there any will ?

[@roelwieggers4181]

You could have a short suspension bridge on both ends where ships can pass underneath and connect the 2 parts with a floating pontoon bridge anchored in the seabed. they would have to solve stability issues during rough seas.

[@TheHigherSpace]

it's a kilometer underneath ..

[@roelwieggers4181]

@@TheHigherSpace maybe they can use a water anchor.

[@jonathanrichter4256]

I think that plate boundary might be a fatal flaw.

[@solidether00]

So, the tunnel will be shrinking somehow while Africa getting closer and closer to Europe ? This will boost not economy but immigration to Europe.

[@bariqdharmawan6604]

France football national team: welcome bro

[@ps.2]

Why compare the _cost estimate_ for the Gibraltar tunnel to the _final price tag_ of the Chunnel? According to Wikipedia, the Chunnel cost about 80% more than projected. So you need to multiply or divide one of the numbers by 1.8 to get a fair comparison.

[@cthart]

Open by 2023? That's just ludicrous. If they start building now they'd be lucky to be open by 2040. The Gotthard Base Tunnel took 17 years to build.

[@Aabergm]

What about a floating tunnel. It's not bound by Techtonics, tide nor even terrain. The only issue is flexibility and "leakage". Could we build a tunnel that can sort of dangle into the strait without needing to be pressurized. A reverse rope bridge so to speak.

[@TheNotoriousENG]

What happens when your tunnel-boring machine gets into the flow tubes of one of those mud volcanos you mentioned?

[@prohacker5086]

3:25 That's ridiculous. Ships are the best way to transport stuff, they are cheap, release much less carbon emissions compared to the alternatives. That's not the reason why they want to build a tunnel or a bridge, the reason for that is convenience and symbolic achievement.

[@lukhanyokongisa8798]

It will benefit Cago and tourism in those areas .

[@Khyranleander]

"Someday exist"? Yeah; we humans love beating our heads against the impossible until *IT* is worn down. "Within five years?" Hardly.

[@IdentityVibes]

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[@MusaHazan]

Rumor is that Michael Saylor invested in Alemio Network and will push this project to the moon!

[@junovzla]

I'm really curious what engineering solution they have for the tectonic movement problem, and I mean this genuinely, I'm sure there's some way to solve it but it's beyond me

[@simhedgesrex7097]

Not gonna be achievable in the 5.5 years between now and the 2030 world cup.The Gotthard base tunnel took 17 years to build. So you're right - it is indeed "very unlikely".

[@420hillage4]

The channel tunnel only took 6 years and that was in the 80s ,

[@LeToile9]

Great idea. But will it actually happen? And can you imagine the customs and passport queues on either side?

[@johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555]

Well they tunneled between France and England. It can be done. Should be a great engineering mastepiece! Build it big enough hopefully for say 3 or 4 rail lines. So that you can get/take your car with you.

[@paulbradford6475]

Interesting video. The devil, as always is in the details. As to the cost: Take any original estimate of a megaproject and simply quadruple it - that will be your real starting point.

[@flyboy152]

A tunnel like that in 5 years for $10 billion? What are they smoking over there? 🙄

[@caeruleusvm7621]

Moroccan hashish is word famous.

[@flyboy152]

@ Very responsible for politicians to support their native crops.😀

[@420hillage4]

The channel tunnel only took 6 years to build with advances in tec from the 80s it's possible

[@flyboy152]

@420hillage4 I think the first three characters of your user name aptly describe how credible you are.

[@420hillage4]

@@flyboy152 I don't need to be credible it's a fact

[@WideCuriosity]

Doesn't sound like a Gibraltar issue as stated in the title. It's more of a Gibraltar Straits issue. And looking at the shorelines, more a Spanish/Moroccan issue.

[@xinfuxia3809]

The Qiongzhou Strait between Guangdong and Hainan provinces in China has similar engineering challenges. The average width of of the strait is 30km, maximum depth is 80 meters. The place is in a active earthquake zone with frequent typhoons. Too risky to build permanent structures.

[@USCO3441]

it pmo when people say Spain to Africa, just say Morocco to Spain or Europe to Africa

[@geoffstrickler]

How do you build a stable tunnel across a tectonic plate boundary that’s expanding/shrinking by about 1cm/yr. Now compound that by making it an underwater tunnel. Bridge expansion joints, curves, arches, and sliding plates provide ways to deal with such movements…but they don’t have to deal with being water tight 1km below the ocean.

[@dhsadara7363]

Correction: Gibraltar is NOT part of the United Kingdom. It is a British overseas territory.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

What about a booeyed submerged tube tunnel like the Norwegians built? I certainly can't be the first dude to think of that one.

[@mitsuyamaeda-railfan]

海底トンネルを作って欲しいなぁ…。ロマンを感じます…。

[@tjmozdzen]

How do they deal with the 25.4 mm distance change every year?

[@USCO3441]

do you know how little 25 millimeters is

[@tjmozdzen]

@@USCO3441 Tell that to a slab of concrete! Oh Mr. Concrete, can't you move just one inch? What? No where to go? But it is only 25 mm?!

[@DanCantSleep]

Would the tunnel be under the ground? or through the water?

[@Sven745]

And they want to place it in seismicaly active bedrock under the ocean? Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?

[@GenX-007]

I don't think Europe wants to import the problems of Africa...the cost isn't a problem, culture is.

[@texasranger24]

It doesn't make economic sense. People wanting to travel conveniently will take a plane. Air is free and the airport reasonably affordable. Containers already take ships. Water is free and the ships are affordable. Trains are only good for short range people transport or medium range in-land transport of goods. Neither would be happening at the usage fee for the tunnel.

[@dbznappa]

I feel like this is a re-upload.

[@ianellis5109]

The Channel Tunnel had some false starts, and was talked about for a century. (That history is interesting.) But technology caught up, and it happened. (By the way, when the Bering Strait is frozen, and with permission to use the Chunnel service tunnel, it is possible to drive from London to New York.) Once-thought-impossible bridges have become more technologically possible. So the Europe to Africa Tunnel is probably just a case of when. Except the shifting tectonic plates will be a definite challenge. Still, every project begins with devising a plan, and that's got to start sometime somewhere somehow. I doubt I'll see the tunnel built in my lifetime. Perhaps our children will, when building homes underground to escape climate change problems has advanced technology.

[@tedantares2751]

A floating bridge would make much more sense and would be much cheaper

[@jrssww]

Yet Toronto is still not done 19 km of a metro line after 14 years of work 😢

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Pfft, Baltimore can't even get a single east-west tram line built.

[@Einlanzer83]

What about a floating suspension bridge bridge? In Spain and Morocco, start with two towers like a regular suspension bridge. while still on dry land, it begins to elevate high enough to allow cargo ships underneath. Instead of mounting the towers in the water, they are mounted to strategically placed vessels, similar build to cargo ships, since they can hold up to 200,000 tons. so weight of vehicle traffic won't be a problem.

[@lichtbewolkt]

Why not a suspension tunnel?

[@Arif-kv6ew]

Wind and earthquake ​@@lichtbewolkt

[@lichtbewolkt]

@@Arif-kv6ew i meant floating in the water at a reasonable depth

[@redwards5000]

So not “Gibraltar’s” tunnel, it would be Spain and Morocco’s.

[@stevemt3238]

The builders should consider the possibility of sabotage, like what happened with the Nord Stream pipelines. No matter what means of traversing is decided, the risks still outweigh the benefits.

[@MchaelHowell]

Tunnel for trains is best solution.

[@mclovin9578]

No one is saying, "Well, I'd love to go to the World Cup but only if i can drive." 🤨

[@jamescpalmer]

Realistically what is the actual economic benefit for connecting a land bridge to Africa from Europe? I'd say not alot currently. Boats use something called "The indestructable highway". You'd know it as a sea. It costs what it costs, and bigger ships and bigger ports could send more stuff. Passengers can use ships. Not that many people want to cross from Europe to Africa. Many economic migrants want to cross in the opposite direction. I don't see the point in any of this from a European perspective, or a logistical perspective.

[@Daddy_Dayo_Talks]

Why name the country not even recognized by Spain but not mention Morocco in your title?

[@oldsarj]

I don't care whether they build a tunnel or a bridge. Either way, if I want to go from Spain to Morocco, I'm flying!

[@alikj3322]

I'm pretty sure construction will start only until 2028-2029 and end in 2035 ( I'm being very optimistic here )

[@DanielAnderson-l3e]

Partly floating? Hydro and wind turbines included in the design plus toll charges and energy production to cover costs?

[@studiosys]

Oh come on , its taken Gib 20 years to build a tunnel under the Runway 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵😂😂😂😂😂

[@herzogsbuick]

"the ships are bad for the environment" sea and inland waterway freight emits so much less CO2 per ton per mile moved than anything else, it's not even close dude. a third of rail's emissions. road transports emits 14x more, i mean...that gobsmacked me, saying that's why they should build a permanent connection between africa and europe. i hope they do, but that's absolutely wrong.

[@Pandybelly]

Have a look at the disaster that is Ireland National Children's Hospital.

[@jamesfunnyvideos]

We've got enough migration

[@andrelegrange3139]

They’re mad the Spanish will be crazy to do that

[@classic.cameras]

Could they make a bridge? Yes. But we need hover technology (which probably exists) to do so. Having a floating/flying bridge that could adjust against the wind would work. Though so sci-fi right now.

[@ph11p3540]

The civil engineering technology does not yet exist to make a Gibraltar fixed link possible.

[@JuicyJohnEV]

FYI Gibraltar is British and it owns the straits.

[@wrc1210]

Literal pipe dream.