cena wrote: » Well there ever be a bridge going from Ireland too the U.S. Is it even possible too have a long bridge like that.
J. Marston wrote: » How long would it take to drive it?
cena wrote: » Good point. A tunnel does sound better with a high speed train
blockedPaT wrote: » I wonder how long it would take to make a bridge like that
Grand_Rajnah wrote: » I doubt a bridge, but I'd say there will be a time (in the very distant future) when lack of fossil fuels means flying can't happen cheaply anymore, that there will be a tunnel from US to Mainland Europe, Via Ireland and the UK. So you could get a train from New York to Paris, stopping in Dublin and London. I think it'd be pretty cool, but as I said, I doubt it'll happen for quite some time.
red menace wrote: » A tunnel with a maglev is the way to go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTxT38sf_0
Kojak wrote: » Would that be like the Springfield monorail, becuase that didn't work out too well if I remember correctly....
charlemont wrote: » Ha, Thats priceless, There wont be a bridge built but eventually maybe a submerged tube with high speed trains connecting the E.U. and U.S.
Zillah wrote: » This is correct. The highspeed transportation of the future will be supersonic trains inside vacuum sealed tubes. Vastly superior to air travel or something as primitive as a bridge.
What: Submerged OCEANIC tunnel and supersonic train WHERE: New York – London Cost: $88 billion – $175 billion Crux: Neutrally buoyant vacuum tunnel submerged 150 to 300 feet beneath the Atlantic's surface and anchored to the seafloor, through which zips a magnetically levitated train at up to 4,000 mph. The idea is as wondrous as it is audacious: Get on a train at New York City's Penn Station and hit Paris, London or Brussels just an hour later. "From an engineering point of view there are no serious stumbling blocks," says Ernst Frankel, retired professor of ocean engineering at MIT. As envisioned by Frankel and Frank Davidson, a former MIT researcher and early member of the first formal English Channel Tunnel study group, sections of neutrally buoyant tunnel submerged 150 to 300 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic, then anchored to the seafloor–thereby avoiding the high pressures of the deep ocean. Then air would be pumped out, creating a vacuum, and alternating magnetic pulses would propel a magnetically levitated train capable of speeds up to 4,000 mph across the pond in an hour. As Frankel and Davidson say, it's doable. "We lay pipes and cables across the ocean every day," says Frankel. "The Norwegians recently investigated submerged, floating tunnels for crossing their deep fjords, and were only held back by the costs." Ah, the costs: Estimates range from $25 million to $50 million per mile. Another hurdle: safety. But Davidson believes a test case might mitigate concerns. "Maybe a tunnel across Lake Ontario would show how it reacts to dynamic conditions and give us a better understanding of the costs," he muses. "A transatlantic tunnel will be done. We just have to be as interested in it as we are in getting to the Moon."
