Talk:Bering Strait bridge

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[edit] Quality and Name

Article has some serious issues, both overall quality and point of view(it seems to be written by someone who is clearly a proponent of the project). I don't know enough about the topic to feel comfortable doing the work myself, but it needs to be done.Arvis21 18:35, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I think we should rename the article to "Bering Strait Bridge". The bridge has been proposed a few times. One of the proposals used the name "Intercontinental Peace Bridge", to promote it, but I don't think that is the best name for us to use for the proposed bridge. I will change the name one week from now if no objection. A link from "Intercontinental Peace Bridge" will be kept. BIL 15:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Please go ahead. Makes sense to me. Jarfingle 17:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed link across elsewhere?

Can anyone add more info on the possible plans of contructing a tunnel and/or bridge across to the other side elsewhere? I am quite curious as to whether any steps have been taken to decide to build infrastructure links across the:

Anyone with inside knowledge on any of these? I've posted similar requests elsewhere. Gruesome Twosome! 8v] //Big Adamsky 17:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Bass Strait is another possibility. njh 23:47, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How do you do it now?

Since there isn't a bridge right now, how do you travel over the land between Alaska and Russia with your car or motorhome? Could a boat or ferry pick up something as large as a motorhome? Zachorious 12:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Simple answer, you don't at all. There is no road from the Bering strait to major cities of Alaska. Same on the russian side. There are tourist flights in the summer, but before about year 2000 that did not exist because it is a Russian military sensitive area. BIL 15:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Tongue-in-cheek answer: jump in your DeLorean, set the dial for eastern Asia at about 60,000 BC, and start walking... Good grief. It's like Bubba taking a flight into Toronto and wondering why it would be a bad idea to take a cab to Banff, or showing up at a US/Canada border crossing and wondering where is all the snow and why can't I find any polar bears for his toddler to ride on... Garth of the Forest (talk) 06:33, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox available

Copy and paste this: {{User:UBX/Bering Strait Bridge}}

--One Salient Oversight 06:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Russia's Tunnel

Russia's idea of a tunnel has made pretty big news recently. Just wondering if it's worth some mention here. Here's a link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a5OJJzlp0xwM&refer=canada Yubimusubi 04:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, Stuky created TKM-World Link Yubimusubi 00:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Not totally new idea, there is a link here to a news article from 2001. The russian wiki-article linked from here is actually about the tunnel not a bridge and relatively long also. -- BIL 22:41, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Currently, Bering Strait Tunnel redirects to Bering Strait bridge. Does it make sense to direct to TKM-World Link instead?--mikeu 05:26, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

TKM-World Link got copied into Bering Strait Tunnel, which got copied into Bering Strait bridge. It is possible that the final connection will be a tunnel for the two long sections and a bridge between the two islands (the short section). 199.125.109.84 22:49, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

These articles need to be unmerged immediately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rukaribe (talk • contribs)

Which articles? There isn't enough material for TKM-World Link, and there is no way that the Bering Strait tunnel is a separate project from the Bering Strait bridge. 199.125.109.84 23:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conflicting sentences?

...including continuations on land, at $105 billion. This excludes the cost of new roads and railways to reach the bridge.

Aren't the continuations on land the same thing as the roads and railways to reach the bridge? DallasEpperson 03:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] See also

Bering Strait Tunnel has been merged into Bering Strait bridge. For discussion there see talk:Bering Strait Tunnel. 199.125.109.84 22:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Worth it?

So give a summary if it is worth the cost or not. Jidanni 14:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tunnel proposals

Is anyone interested in Rev. Sun Myung Moon's proposal for a "World Peace King Tunnel" across the Bering Strait?

  • One of Reverend Moon’s newest and most important initiatives, the Bering Strait project proposes the construction of the "World Peace King Tunnel" under the Bering Strait, an 85-kilometer, $200 billion link to connect Russia and the United States, East and West, the Americas and Asia. Free trade can occur around such an international link, and the economic and cultural exchange would help foster a common community. Reverend Moon says that he envisions the project as a "Peace Tunnel" that will include passenger facilities, encourage tourism, and even cross-cultural marriages between people along the route. [1]

Should we omit this because he's only a religious leader, or include it anyway? --Uncle Ed 13:12, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Haven't seen any objections, so here is some more info:
Rev. Kwak said that a bridge and tunnel can contribute to the UN's millenium goals:
  • ... please support Rev. Moon's three core strategic initiatives: ... and the Bering Strait Peace King Bridge and Tunnel Project, not merely for the sake of trade and development, but for the sake of peace and cooperation between East and West; in fact, this project can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. [2]
What's the best way to describe Rev. Moon's initiative? --Uncle Ed 17:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tunnel distances

How far is it from Siberia to Big Diomede? And how far from Little Diomede to Alaska? --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Answer - about 40 km (25 miles) for both distances. -- BIL (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Road

Are there any plans to build a road from Anchorage or Fairbanks to the Bering Strait? I have tried to find info about an extension of the Elliott Highway, a good starting point for a road between Fairbanks and Nome. Nothing found. Googling about "road nome fairbanks" finds very little. A NY Times article from 1908 (!) about winter dog trails. Nothing else. Anyone knows? -- BIL (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The actual purpose

I think it would be good to make it clear what the actual purpose of such bridge would be. I don't think its obvious to most people that going through the bering straight is much closer than going over the pacific ocean. On a standard map, it looks like a detour, while on a globe, its obvious that it's a straight path. It would be nice to have a map of the pacific ocean that shows how ships travel from guangzhou to san francisco in what appears to be an arc and some explanation of that.

Also, much of chinas production happens inland, meaning that trains first have to tranport goods to the coast, and then have it transfered to ships. Once the ships are in the US, the cargo is once again transfered to trains or whatever and transportet to the east where most americans live. These changes of means of transport are very expensive.

So thats two suggestions for where the article could head in the future.81.235.136.245 (talk) 20:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WWII reference

Deleted the sentence referring to WWII. Since American aid to Russia was by plane, I don't see how it's relevant to the proposed bridge/tunnel. It'd be different if there was a sense that a bridge or tunnel was discussed by either party. Louiebb (talk) 23:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)