News China builds the longest bridge ever

[Fabri91]

Actually, a shorter route from Eastern Asia to North America, because it mostly follows the Great Circle. So maybe it might be Asian producers who'd see this road an important infrastructure project improving their trade?

That might be a real benefit, I'm sure! I was just daydreaming about such a roadtrip.

 

[C3PO]

Seriously, I think you must be underestimating how costly is to build connecting ways. I counted 3700 kilometres of new railroad track (given Yakutsk is eventually connected) across permafrost, hundreds of rivers and across two mountain ridges.

Honestly I don't. I can't remember the actual figure mentioned on that program, but it was, well, astronomical. But the technological solutions exist.
(Maybe we could ask around the forum if we could get the cost down to 100$/m :lol

 

[jedidia]

Yes, modern technology displays wonders in Switzerland, but Switzerland is just... 250 km across?

modern technology displays less wonders when looking at how those roads are undergoing virtually constant repair... Such a bridge and connecting roads would be a maintenance nightmare on elm street even if they could be buildt efficiently.