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Fourteen miles of water separate Long Island from the mainland. Fixing that gap should be simple. So why has it failed for seven decades straight -- and why is a developer betting $50 billion that he's finally cracked it? The answer isn't the engineering. It never was. New York's New $50B Long Island Crossing Just Changed Everything | 15:06 MegaBuilds | 116K subscribers | 59,242 views | August 29, 2026

Spain and Morocco want to build an ambitious crossing over, or under, the Strait of Gibraltar by the beginning of the next decade. In this video, we'll explore the possibility of building a bridge or a tunnel between Europe and Africa and why the 2030 World Cup could be the spark that sets everything in motion.0:00 Strait of Gibraltar Crossing0:32 History of the Strait of Gibraltar 2:37 Why Building a Crossing Makes Sense3:29 Could a Bridge Actually Work?4:31 The Greatest Challenge8:04 An Insane Proposal for a Gibraltar Bridge8:40 A Tunnel Between Continents10:17 Gibraltar's New 2030 TunnelGibraltar's Insane $10B Tunnel to...