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The Bridge of the Horns is a proposed construction project to build a bridge between the coasts of Djibouti and Yemen across the Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. It would be constructed by Al Noor Holding Investment (). By mid-2015, nothing has been heard about this project since it was announced in 2010 that Phase I had been delayed. ==Prospective structure== The length of the bridge is estimated at , with a total cost of around $20 billion USD. It has been proposed by the Dubai-based firm Middle East Development LLC headed by Tarek Bin Laden. Opening date is expected to be in the year 2020. To clear submarine and surface vessels, the proposed bridge would have the longest suspension span in the world measuring . The overall length of the entire bridge spanning the Red Sea, starting in Yemen, connecting to the island of Perim, and continuing on to Djibouti on the African continent, would be roughly . It would have to allow very large ships of the Suezmax size in both directions simultaneously. It was claimed that about 100,000 cars and 50,000 rail passengers would cross the bridge daily.〔(MENAFN.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridge of the Horns」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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