Trip from Russia to USA may take one hour soon

http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/08-04-2008/104821-alaska_tunnel-0

The construction of the tunnel linking Russia's Far Eastern Chukotka and the west coast of Alaska in the U.S. will start in the nearest future.






The history of the tunnel between Cape Dezhnev, the most eastern point of Asia, and Cape Prince of Wales, the most western point of North America, dates back to the early 20th century. After the Trans-Siberian railway was completed in 1916, Tsar Nicholas II proposed the building of the railway and ferry connection between North America and Eurasia. The idea was backed by the leaders of the Union of Pacific Railroad, but World War I and the October Revolution frustrated the plans.

Later the construction of the railroad to Bering Strait was proposed by Vladimir Lenin. He even signed a decree in 1918, but the construction wasn’t completed. In the 60s the conversation between America and USSR about the construction of the road between 2 countries started again. As a result the Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel and Railroad Group was founded in Washington, D.C. But the tunnel required developed transportation system. So several years later Russians decided to build a road to the town of Magadan. In 2007 Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed the construction of the 2100-mile transcontinental railroad that would lead to Bering Strait.
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One Hour trip now that will be amazing

Speaking of roads to nowhere.

Siberia? Really? LOL.

in which we've caused irreparable social harm, the Republic sex trade in teens (of both sexes) would suffer a huge setback.

The 2,354 mile drive from Seattle to Anchorage would take a little longer - about 2 days. Then you'll have to take a 90 minute plane ride (540 miles) to get from Anchorage to Nome (population 4,000) because there are no roads. A quick 6 hour drive (135 miles) in a rented car will get you from Nome to Wales, where you can begin that one hour drive through the tunnel to your destination - the abandoned Inuit village of Naukan, Siberia. Call ahead before you start, the road from Nome to Wales may be seasonally closed.

To anywhere you would actually want to go in Russia, it's a bit farther than that.

So will this be strictly a railroad, or will there be a highway with it? Being able to actually drive to Europe and Asia would be pretty cool. (assuming gas is ever affordable again, or another technology is compatible with long drives through barren tundra)