Irish Sea Bridge
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The Irish Sea Bridge, sometimes called the Celtic Crossing by the media, is a hypothetical rail and road bridge that would span the Irish Sea and connect the island of Ireland to the island of Great B
The Irish Sea Bridge is one of a number of proposed Irish Sea fixed crossings (marked here as the green Galloway Route)
The Øresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been considered as a possible model for the Irish Sea Bridge
Beaufort's Dyke, showing the position of the munitions dump, highlighted in blue on an Admiralty chart published in 1969. Depth in fathoms
Beaufort's Dyke
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Beaufort's Dyke is a natural glacial-formed trench within the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The dyke is 50 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and 200–312 m deep. The Dyke is o
Irish Sea Bridge
…and type of crossing. Particular risks to such a project include the depth of North Channel and the presence of a large underwater munitions dump at Beaufort's Dyke. It was suggested that these problems would be mitigated in part by the construction of a tunnelled section. A full feasibility study was published in…
Beaufort's Dyke, showing the position of the munitions dump, from an Admiralty chart published in 1947. Depth in fathoms