Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Some bridges in Egypt

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_El_Farag_Axis_Bridge

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commercial/2019/6/egypts-new-bridge-becomes-the-widest-cable-stayed-bridge-580736

The Iconic Tower (Egypt)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Egypt#Tallest_under_construction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Africa

The Cairo Tower

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Tower

Architectural187 m (613.5 ft)
Antenna spire187 m (613.5 ft)
Roof160 m (524.9 ft)
Top floor143 m (469.2 ft)
Observatory143 m (469.2 ft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Tower#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Egypt#Tallest_under_construction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Africa

Thriving Cities Built In Deserts Across The World

 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_Mojave_Desert

The Cairo to Cape Town Highway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo-Cape_Town_Highway#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza#Ancient_era

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo#Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Metro#Network

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo#History

Eventually, the Cairo-Cape_Town_Highway might become a full length freeway or expressway. 

https://www.carwow.co.uk/blog/hydrogen-vs-electric-cars There are some ecological extremists that would like to go back to horse & waggons.

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-have-electric-vehicles-won-out-over-hydrogen-cars-so-far

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/battle-over-electric-vehicles-could-hydrogen-win Fortunatly, most people don't want to go back to the donkey & camel days, because there is fuel efficient technology.

https://www.cummins.com/news/2022/01/27/hydrogen-internal-combustion-engines-and-hydrogen-fuel-cells While bikes, skateboards & walking are all great, a lot of people need to have a personal motorized vehicle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town#Road

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-African_Highway_network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(South_Africa)#Trans-African_Highway_Network

Ideally, any major land transportation corridor should be multimodal. IE, trains, bus-lanes & bikes. Even for sparsely populated countries like Australia & Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway#Main_route

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia#Federally_funded_highways

Timbuktu

Timbuktu has quite a mystique to it.

https://www.africanworldheritagesites.org/cultural-places/trans-sahara-trading-routes/timbuktu.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Timbuktu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities#Sub-Saharan