vuduchile 1,941 Posted March 25, 2015 The ultimate road trip. http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/travel/trans-siberian-road/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted March 25, 2015 OK, I am interested. Love traveling by train, and doing this sounds like a blast to me.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTSkiBum 1,594 Posted March 25, 2015 The very last sentence. The estimated cost is trillions for dollars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,814 Posted March 25, 2015 Guessing the stretch through the Ukraine might get a little sketchy. And eff that......I went to college so I didnt have to drive to far away places. And Jesus.....the weather through most of that could be really crappy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,570 Posted March 25, 2015 a giant sling shot won't work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungwater 588 Posted March 25, 2015 Imagine how much gas would cost on that thing? You're in the middle of the Atlantic, where else you going to go. It'll be like the scene in vacation, "I'm asking you how much you got.." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,570 Posted March 25, 2015 Imagine how much gas would cost on that thing? You're in the middle of the Atlantic, where else you going to go. It'll be like the scene in vacation, "I'm asking you how much you got.." yeah. Just one terrirriss with a bomb and months of repairs. Fock that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted March 25, 2015 so you can see Russia from Alaska Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted March 25, 2015 Kamchatka road? This is a great step for North America to conquer the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magnificent Bastard 190 Posted March 25, 2015 so you can see Russia from Alaska Dammit, we should have elected Palin! America missed a great opportunity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted March 25, 2015 Imagine how much gas would cost on that thing? You're in the middle of the Atlantic, where else you going to go. It'll be like the scene in vacation, "I'm asking you how much you got.." Uh....the proposed road doesn't cross the Atlantic. Russia and Alaska are divided by the Bering Strait, which is approx. 55 miles wide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted March 25, 2015 You're in the middle of the Atlantic,... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted March 25, 2015 Its a fantastic idea that would change the world...yet will never happen in our lifetimes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted March 25, 2015 Jesus fock Russia is big. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted March 25, 2015 On a serious note... I watched something like this a while back on.... Engineering Marvels??? How it's Made??? something like that. The bridge would be 3 tiered - a road on top, a train in the middle, and gas lines on bottom. One of the biggest challenges was the fierce climate and waters in that region - just placing the structural pillars in the sea is difficult. And I believe people would only be able to travel across in summer months. Don't remember all the details - interesting - but difficult. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,814 Posted March 25, 2015 So from New York to London......even if you averaged 70mph, with no stops, driving 24/7.....itsll take you almost 8 full days to get there. No focking thanks. Good news is you'll be murdered in Russia long before you hit day 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 3,319 Posted March 25, 2015 Someday it will happen. Probably not anytime soon though. Maybe in a couple decades? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted March 25, 2015 Someday it will happen. Probably not anytime soon though. Maybe in a couple decades?you passing the bar? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted March 25, 2015 Never happen... It is tough enough for a lot of people driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and that is only a bit under 4.5 miles... Can't imagine driving 55 miles over water... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted March 25, 2015 Never happen... a machine that flies like a bird and if it fails, you die? no focking way... and don't even get me started on "forks"... I ain't stickin' 4 prongs in my mouth when my knife is doin' the job just fine... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted March 25, 2015 Never happen... It is tough enough for a lot of people driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and that is only a bit under 4.5 miles... Can't imagine driving 55 miles over water... Wouldn't have to be a bridge. How long is the chunnel? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted March 25, 2015 Wouldn't have to be a bridge. How long is the chunnel? A little over 31 miles... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted March 25, 2015 A little over 31 miles... There's a lot of seismic activity up that way I believe, so upon further review, a tunnel might not be such a great idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magnificent Bastard 190 Posted March 25, 2015 If Reagan was around he would tell them Ruskies to get it done or he would give them what for! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted March 25, 2015 On a serious note... I watched something like this a while back on.... Engineering Marvels??? How it's Made??? something like that. The bridge would be 3 tiered - a road on top, a train in the middle, and gas lines on bottom. One of the biggest challenges was the fierce climate and waters in that region - just placing the structural pillars in the sea is difficult. And I believe people would only be able to travel across in summer months. Don't remember all the details - interesting - but difficult. Yeah, there are not details in the plan about this. I wonder if you could take just take a ferry across the Bering Strait when the seas were calm enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungwater 588 Posted March 25, 2015 I didn't read the article, but I always assumed since like 75% of Russia is in Asia it was technically in asia. Go Fock yourselves you geography snobs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeroTolerance 582 Posted March 25, 2015 Nothing like a car/train ride that takes up a two-week vacation just on the travel alone. It is just a shame that no one has been able to devise a faster method of carrying people over long distances... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 1,922 Posted March 25, 2015 Never happen... It is tough enough for a lot of people driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and that is only a bit under 4.5 miles... Can't imagine driving 55 miles over water... We have a twenty four mile bridge over water here called the Causeway. Used to be the longest bridge in the world until China built one four hundred feet longer. Whenever they have high winds they restrict motorcycles and glass trucks. Whenever they have heavy fog, they reduce the speed limit from sixty to thirty five and do a rolling convoy. When there is severe weather, they shut it down. That's happen a lot with the fog in the mornings. There is no fawking way this will EVER happen. It has to be policed. There will be accidents. Bad accidents. Where are you going to put a hospital? Gas stations? Who's going to work these jobs out in the middle of nowhere? Where are they going to sleep, rest, eat, fawk? Rest stations? After it's built, who maintains it? Salt water is not friendly. Not going to happen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted March 25, 2015 We have a twenty four mile bridge over water here called the Causeway. Used to be the longest bridge in the world until China built one four hundred feet longer. Whenever they have high winds they restrict motorcycles and glass trucks. Whenever they have heavy fog, they reduce the speed limit from sixty to thirty five and do a rolling convoy. When there is severe weather, they shut it down. That's happen a lot with the fog in the mornings. There is no fawking way this will EVER happen. It has to be policed. There will be accidents. Bad accidents. Where are you going to put a hospital? Gas stations? Who's going to work these jobs out in the middle of nowhere? Where are they going to sleep, rest, eat, fawk? Rest stations? After it's built, who maintains it? Salt water is not friendly. Not going to happen. I don't envision a bridge. I really think some sort of ferry is more practical. Even that would be dangerous in the Bering Sea, but it's much more feasible than building a bridge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted March 25, 2015 Nothing like a car/train ride that takes up a two-week vacation just on the travel alone. It is just a shame that no one has been able to devise a faster method of carrying people over long distances... To me, this is not a family vacation. I see it as more of a summer long camping/hunting/fishing type adventure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,814 Posted March 25, 2015 Nothing like a car/train ride that takes up a two-week vacation just on the travel alone. It is just a shame that no one has been able to devise a faster method of carrying people over long distances... Haha...well what do you want fantasy man? Some sort of spacecraft that would take people like they were sitting on a bus?! Bwahaha.....outta your dang mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillybear 364 Posted March 25, 2015 Crimea....Eastern Ukraine....Alaska.....British Columbia..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,212 Posted March 25, 2015 Think of the cost and time of the Big Dig, then multiply it by one bazillion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted March 25, 2015 A bridge to no where? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,149 Posted March 25, 2015 My limit for being in a vehicle is about 4 hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeroTolerance 582 Posted March 26, 2015 A bridge to no where? Nowhere, the eastern two-thirds of Russia, same difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,149 Posted March 26, 2015 A bridge to no where? Highway to Hell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,212 Posted March 26, 2015 This is the dumbest idea ever. Trillions would be spent to create a road essentially from Vladivostok to Anchorage? Really? If Russia wants to create a highway from its east and west borders, let them go for it. Some sort of high speed train from NY to London, I might be interested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,551 Posted March 26, 2015 That should drill thru the earth...shortest line between two points and stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,149 Posted March 26, 2015 That should drill thru the earth...shortest line between two points and stuff Highway to Hell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
