Dublin to London by car

EverEvolving · 06-03-2011 08:40PM

irish-stew wrote: »

Is it possible to have a thread that mentions both britain and ireland, without it turning into political-landscape/geography lesson?

It's not possible to have a thread on most things without it coming up, never mind one suggesting that we connect the two by tunnel :pac:

I think we should connect the two by cable car, Carrauntuohill to Ben Nevis, who's with me? ... Anyone?

karlog · 06-03-2011 08:48PM

EverEvolving wrote: »

It's not possible to have a thread on most things without it coming up, never mind one suggesting that we connect the two by tunnel :pac:

I think we should connect the two by cable car, Carrauntuohill to Ben Nevis, who's with me? ... Anyone?

We can make use of that stupid spire on O'Connell Street to support the cable half way.

mikemac · 06-03-2011 08:51PM

Bit off topic but I remember plans to run a cable car across the Liffey from Smithfield to somewhere on the southside, possibly the Guinness centre
And it would be called Suas

Maybe it was an April fools joke in the papers, I'm not sure now as it was a few years ago.

But I thought it was a decent idea

Cú Giobach · 06-03-2011 09:11PM

EverEvolving wrote: »

I think we should connect the two by cable car, Carrauntuohill to Ben Nevis, who's with me? ... Anyone?

Something like Irelands only cable car down here in the lovely county of Cork.

OPENROAD · 06-03-2011 09:12PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

In AH? No.

I expect mention of Islam, the Catholic Church, banks and head shops also to figure.

You left out AH newspaper of choice The Daily Mail

WaltKowalski · 06-03-2011 09:19PM

Belfast/Larne to Stranraer - both in the UK so let the tans pay for it!

Fratton Fred · 06-03-2011 09:28PM

Why? Why would the UK and/or the EU want to be connected by Ireland?

Lapin · 06-03-2011 09:28PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Bit off topic but I remember plans to run a cable car across the Liffey from Smithfield to somewhere on the southside, possibly the Guinness centre
And it would be called Suas

Maybe it was an April fools joke in the papers, I'm not sure now as it was a few years ago.

But I thought it was a decent idea

This

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/suas-the-cable-car-olanned-for-quays-1050297.html

I think it was proof that some people went mad during the boom years and proof that they had more money than sense.

amacca · 06-03-2011 09:32PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Why? Why would the UK and/or the EU want to be connected by Ireland?

And why wouldn't they young man?

Were those bord failte ads incorrect?

OPENROAD · 06-03-2011 09:32PM

Lapin wrote: »

This

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/suas-the-cable-car-olanned-for-quays-1050297.html

I think it was proof that some people went mad during the boom years and proof that they had more money than sense.

Dear Jesus :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

bonerm · 06-03-2011 09:34PM

Hopefully when they finish this tunnel they could make another one between Galway and New York. I'd love to make a nice leisurely weekend drive to Manhattan.

amacca · 06-03-2011 09:39PM

bonerm wrote: »

Hopefully when they finish this tunnel they could make another one between Galway and New York. I'd love to make a nice leisurely weekend drive to Manhattan.

certainly shur!

and tell me would ye be liking yore tunnel well ventilated and the right size so yore car can fit through it

oh ya would

well that'll cost ya extra so it will

may the road rise up before ya...well maybe not...lets hope it stays level shur.

Lapin · 06-03-2011 09:55PM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Dear Jesus :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

:eek: Indeed.

Pic.......

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=910744

bonerm · 06-03-2011 09:58PM

amacca wrote: »

certainly shur!

and tell me would ye be liking yore tunnel well ventilated and the right size so yore car can fit through it

oh ya would

well that'll cost ya extra so it will

may the road rise up before ya...well maybe not...lets hope it stays level shur.

Oh I thought money wasn't an issue in this thread.

OPENROAD · 06-03-2011 09:59PM

Lapin wrote: »

:eek: Indeed.

Pic.......

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=910744

:eek:

I don't know whether to laugh or cry :eek:

Xivilai · 06-03-2011 10:17PM

Knowing the Brits the bridge will get famous and they'll claim it for themselves :mad:

Unless it does something bad in which case it'll be Irish again!!

JerryHandbag · 06-03-2011 11:11PM

bonerm wrote: »

Hopefully when they finish this tunnel they could make another one between Galway and New York. I'd love to make a nice leisurely weekend drive to Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_tunnel

Galway-Scotland-Iceland-Greenland-Nova Scotia-New York. Then back home in time for lunch :pac:

bnt · 09-03-2011 02:09PM

I did a few measurements in Google Earth: on the Larne-Stranraer route, the shortest route would be about 36km, but even that's not the closest to the UK. It's just over 20km from around Portaleen Bay in Antrim to the coast of the Mull of Kintyre. However, putting a road on the Scottish side would be highly problematic: there's a flipping huge mountain (Beinn na Lice) that goes up from steep cliffs. It would be far more of a detour than Larne-Stranraer.

As for the bridge length: it can be done. There's already a sea bridge of 42km in China, and plans for an even longer one of 50km linking Hong Kong to Macau.

Dublin to London by car

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