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The Gibraltar Bridge is basically a conceptual structure which became famous right after it got described in this name by a popular T.V. Channel. There are many engineers who have come up with their own structures for the construction of the Gibraltar Bridge. The basic concept for the Gibraltar Bridge was put forth by the famous professor T.Y. Lin who thought of connecting the Point Oliveros with the Point Cires.
The Gibraltar tunnel is a railway tunnel, which has been planned to be constructed between the continents of Europe and Africa. This Gibraltar tunnel is basically an alternative for the Gibraltar Bridge. Since the 1980s, the manufacture of either a Gibraltar Bridge or else a Gibraltar tunnel has been bothering the mind of the engineers belonging to the two continents. This Gibraltar Bridge is to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Proposed construction of the Gibraltar Bridge is to be commenced from the year 2008 with the Moroccan as well as the Spanish government investigating this issue jointly. The feasibility of a Gibraltar tunnel or Bridge right beneath the Gibraltar strait will be quite in alike to the Channel Tunnel that connects the countries of France and the United Kingdom.
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