[Destro]

Could we? Should we?

[LittleRedRooster]

Didn't Kennedy already pay for this with the Big Dig, and besides would it take more than an afternoon drive to get to Europe, hope I don't have to stay in a Hotel/motel/holiday inn and sleep in a bed that isn't mine with people in other rooms that I don't know....

[auboy]

Can we name it The William Jefferson Clinton Legacy Bridge To The 21st Century?

BTW, I'll demand a recount if there's not at least two Cracker Barrels.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The bridge would pay for itself over time via a toll fee.

Don't let the Massachusetts politicians run the toll collection. They can make a bargain to be toll free in 30 years but collect forever.

[Kevin Curry]

Don't forget to account for continental drift. The distance between Europe and North America increases about 4 inches per year.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

PETA is going to have a fit about the miles and miles of displaced sealife.

[Khurkris]

Icebergs. Gas stations. Bathrooms. Beer. Car troubles. Accidents. Injuries/Health problems. Beer. Some Euro's drive on the other side of the road. Beer.

The shortest route would be off of the NE shoulder of South America. But that road would only lead to trouble.

[Indy Pendance]

Ever drive this one in winter? No thanks on the Atlantic idea.

Mackinac Bridge

The Mackinac Bridge connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan over the five mile wide Straits of Mackinac where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. The Mackinac Bridge's towers are 552 feet above the water and it has a center span of 3,800 feet. Designed by David B. Steinman it was completed in 1957.

[Indy Pendance]

And then there's this masterpiece.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

[Walkingfeather]

suspended from what? the ocean is miles deep and the waves canb reach 40 feet

[Mike Darancette]

The countries that the bridge connects should pay for it. The bridge doesn't connect to the US.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Check out the Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering. Someone is already designing that as an underwater tunnel-bridge-highspeed-train-system.

[navyblue]

Way too big a project. Better try it in the Pacific. Build a tunnel under the Bering Strait. Railroad connection through Alaska to Siberia and Europe.

And hey! Ireland is not a depressed area. It has the hottest economy in Europe.

[Consort]

Pontoons

[Loyalist]

I would place the North American terminus at Halifax, Nova Scotia, notjust for parochial reasons, but also because it is on the North American mainland and has excellent rail connections, whereas Newfoundland has none.

The surface distance between Halifax and Galway is 2,474.89 miles (3,982.95 kilometres).

The Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick is 12.9 kilometres long, cost C$1 billion ($US 780 million) and took 3 1/2 years to build.

The two-way toll rate for a private automobile is C$39.00 ($US 30.42) and C$55.75 ($US 43.49) for a truck with one trailer.

If the Trans-Atlantic Bridge toll were calculated on the same dollars per kilometre basis as the Confederation Bridge, a private automobile would pay a two-way toll of about C$12,000.00 ($US 9,360.00).

[Loyalist]

I would place the North American terminus at Halifax, Nova Scotia, notjust for parochial reasons, but also because it is on the North American mainland and has excellent rail connections, whereas Newfoundland has none.

The surface distance between Halifax and Galway is 2,474.89 miles (3,982.95 kilometres).

The Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick is 12.9 kilometres long, cost C$1 billion ($US 780 million) and took 3 1/2 years to build.

The two-way toll rate for a private automobile is C$39.00 ($US 30.42) and C$55.75 ($US 43.49) for a truck with one trailer.

If the Trans-Atlantic Bridge toll were calculated on the same dollars per kilometre basis as the Confederation Bridge, a private automobile would pay a two-way toll of about C$12,000.00 ($US 9,360.00).

[ARCADIA]

As we ponder going to the Moon again and to Mars, I started to think of projects we Americans can do that can better our lives and the planet.

I propose a suspension bridge be built starting from St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada terminating in Galway, Ireland with a connecting bridge from Belfast to Scotland and on into Europe.

What, are you kidding? One project would take us to a barren predominently red world, the other to an exiting new planet. It is an easy choice to make....it's Mars or bust for me!

[Quix]

Some folks claim there have been magnetic tube trains transiting the oceans a mile or more deep in the earth for . . . a long time.

Interesting claim.

[NYCVirago]

Heck, we can't even get a suspension bridge built from Staten Island to Manhattan!

[SoDak]

And spandex jackets...one for everyone.

[abigailsmybaby]

THis reminds me of a nightmare I have from time to time.