Почему между Британией и Ирландией нет моста (дело не в расстоянии)

From the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, Northern Ireland is about 20 kilometres away. Britain has tunnelled under the Channel, and Denmark and Sweden have joined their countries across a wider strait. In 2019 a bridge to Northern Ireland was supposed to cost about £15 billion. Two years later, the government's own feasibility study put it at up to £335 billion. The problem isn't the distance. It's what lies on the seabed. Beaufort's Dyke is a trench carved by Ice Age meltwater, about 50 km long and up to 312 metres deep. Its line goes back 450 million years, to an ocean that closed between Scotland and Ireland. After the Second World War, Britain dumped an estimated million tonnes of munitions into it. This is the story of that trench, the 150 years of bridge and tunnel plans that ran into it, and what life is like on the far side of a sea that nobody has wanted to pay to cross. 0:00 The 20-kilometre gap 1:43 It's not the distance 2:48 Beaufort's Dyke: a trench as deep as the Shard 3:52 An ocean that closed 450 million years ago 6:34 The ice that dug the trench 7:39 How Ireland became an island 8:47 A million tonnes of munitions 10:54 1995: the bombs wash ashore 12:03 150 years of bridge plans 13:45 The study: up to £335 billion 18:00 Living on the ferries 19:31 The verdict The £335bn (bridge) and £209bn (tunnel) figures are the study's upper-end (P95) estimates. Its central estimates were about £124bn and £77bn. The study found both options technically feasible and rejected them on cost. #ireland #bridge #geopolitics