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A feat of engineering such as this has always fascinated me - would it be possible to bridge, without damming, the Gibraltar Strait for purposes of railways or roads?

I'm thinking of a world my friend created that, despite it's meany *historical implausibilities, isn't necessarily implausible in the fact that it exists. In this world, North Africa is dominated by Britain (not a Britwank - eslewhere Britain isn't nearly as impressive). But Britain still has Gibraltar in this world.

I was wondering if there would be a way to make a sort of 'Gibraltar to Suez' Railroad or something. In this world there is a powerful Moroccan state to the south of British Morocco (which is only slightly larger than OTL's Spanish Morocco), then to the east as follows; Protectorate of the Algerian Sultanate, Protectorate of the Tunisian Emirate, Colony of Tripoli-Libya and then the Egyptian Empire which is a firm British ally, after which the Colony of the Sinai exists (including a Suez Canal).

The British in this world are seen as a huge industrial power despite their apparent lack of colonies (India, for instance, only includes Bengal, Ceylon and Tranvacore, and Australia is divided in three). They are world-renowned for their industrial and engineering feats. Given a tech-scale in 1890-odd of OTL's, say, 1910, would a bridge across the Gibraltar Strait be feasible?

Ignoring how the scenario came to be (he prefers the 'What' to the 'How').
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