The Irish Sea Bridge, sometimes called the Celtic Crossing, is simply a hypothetical span that would span the Irish Sea and link Ireland to Great Britain.

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A oversea span has been projected to link Scotland and Northern Ireland. (Image: Getty)

An insane £335 cardinal span could beryllium built to nexus the UK and Ireland.

The Irish Sea Bridge, sometimes called the Celtic Crossing, is simply a hypothetical span that would span the Irish Sea and link Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

The magnitude of the span would beryllium upon the way taken. One route, known arsenic the Galloway route, would transverse betwixt Portpatrick successful southbound Scotland and Larne successful Northern Ireland, a region of 27 miles.

The 2nd of the 2 routes was the 12-mile Kintyre route, which spanned from the highland peninsula of Kintyre to the northeastern constituent of County Antrim.

The conception of an Irish Sea Bridge had been projected since the Victorian Era. And by February 2020, British authorities officials began scoping the imaginable way and benignant of crossing. 

The National suggested the thought "would beryllium a immense boost to the economies of some countries, opening up commercialized and putting the different neglected acold South West of Scotland successful the centre of a large route". 

However, it besides stated that monolithic infrastructure concern would person to beryllium made to upgrade the roadworthy and obstruction connections, particularly connected the Scottish side. 

Commentators person besides suggested that specified a span would person the imaginable to make a "tourism corridor" betwixt Northern Ireland and Scotland, being a much environmentally affable enactment than flying.

A afloat feasibility survey was published successful November 2021. It estimated that a span would outgo £335 cardinal and a passageway £209 billion. 

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The survey said that, though the exertion exists to physique either, immoderate span would beryllium "the longest span span built to date," and the passageway would beryllium "the longest undersea passageway ever built".

Sir Peter Hendy concluded that a transportation is not viable astatine the infinitesimal but could go an enactment successful the future.

The Øresund Bridge betwixt Sweden and Denmark has been considered a imaginable exemplary for the Irish Sea Bridge. However, it was built successful waters not implicit 10 metres heavy and is lone 5 miles long.

Particular risks to specified a task see the extent of the North Channel and the beingness of a ample underwater munitions dump successful Beaufort's Dyke. It was suggested that these problems would beryllium mitigated partially by constructing a tunnelled section.