Alakina-Aqaina Bridge

The Alakina-Aqaina bridge is a major road and rail bridge linking the Taatiklarian capital city of Alakina and Aqaina in Pua. It is about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) long. The bridge carries Taatiklarian Highway M40, which runs from the Gressian border near Santiqua to Gren on the east coast of Pua.

History
In the early days of Cyprus, Taatiklatar and Pua were separate countries, separated by the narrow Pua Channel. Their respective capital cities of Alakina and Aqaina were located across from each other on the channel, only about 5 kilometers apart. Despite this, Pua's isolationism meant that no bridge was ever constructed to link the two large cities until C.Y. 78, when the two countries began negotiations to build a bridge.

The road bridge was completed in C.Y. 83, which led to much more trade and cultural contact between the two countries. Pua's relative poverty at the time, combined with these factors led to them voting to join Taatiklatar.

After Pua was absorbed into Taatiklatar, and the suburban population boom of the C.Y. 100s century, the bridge became incredibly congested. A rail bridge was constructed in C.Y. 112 to ease some of the load caused by train travelers taking a shuttle bus across the bridge, but traffic problems persist into the present day on both even after several lane widening projects.