Bridging the Bering Strait
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Documentary exploring the feasibility of a hypothetical bridge spanning the Bering Strait between Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka, Russia, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United States. The bridge would provide an overland connection linking Asia, Africa and Europe with North America and South America.
The Bering Strait could be spanned by a series of three bridges via the Diomede Islands for a total distance of about 80 km (58 miles). The two long bridges would each be slightly longer in length than the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, currently the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The construction of such a bridge however, would face unprecedented engineering, political, and financial challenges.






