The plan for a bridge, or a later a tunnel, have been in the works for centuries, starting with something, something Catherine the Great & Furtrade.
The earliest documented plan to tunnel or bridge Alaska to Russia was a proposal by Joseph Strauss (of Golden Gate fame) in 1892 for a railroad bridge.
1906: A French engineer, Baron Loicq de Lobel, proposed a bridge-and-tunnel link, which was authorized by Russia's Czar Nicholas II. However, no physical work ever started due to the ensuing Russian Revolution and World War I
The plan for a bridge, or a later a tunnel, have been in the works for centuries, starting with something, something Catherine the Great & Furtrade.
The earliest documented plan to tunnel or bridge Alaska to Russia was a proposal by Joseph Strauss (of Golden Gate fame) in 1892 for a railroad bridge.
1906: A French engineer, Baron Loicq de Lobel, proposed a bridge-and-tunnel link, which was authorized by Russia's Czar Nicholas II. However, no physical work ever started due to the ensuing Russian Revolution and World War I