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Bering Strait Crossing

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Design Elements. Bering Strait bridge is a hypothetical bridge spanning the relatively narrow straits and shallow Bering between the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. In principle, the bridge would provide a land connection between Asia and North America, although there is little infrastructure in areas near Alaska and Russia. With the Diomede Islands between two peninsulas, the Bering Strait could be spanned by three bridges. Two long bridges, each about 40 miles long, linking the mainland to an island on each side, and a third much shorter between the two islands, giving a total distance of about 80 kilometers.

Such length is not unprecedented, as the two long bridges would each shorter than the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, which is currently the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. Proposed Design. Discovery Channel. Wikipedia. "Bering Strait bridge" redirects here.

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For the ancient dry land region, see Beringia. Possible route of the bridge across the Bering Strait. A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.