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The Strait of Messina: a Bridge Too Far?

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It has been a dream some 50 years in the making – but finally that dream is becoming reality, said Francesco Sisci in Formiche (Rome). Last week, Giorgia Meloni's government defied the naysayers to announce it had approved a 3,300m bridge from the mainland to Sicily, with work to start in a matter of weeks.The world's longest suspension bridge, the €13.5 billion structure would transport six lanes of traffic and a double track of trains over the…

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The bridge over the Strait of Messina in southern Italy has been under discussion for a couple of thousand years and still is, even though the Italian government has now decided to build it.

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Matteo Salvini promises to connect Sicily with Calabria by the longest suspended bridge in the world by 2032. The project, which has made generations of transalpine political figures fantasize, should at last see the light, if the Court of Auditors gives its approvalThe Italian government will realize an old dream. The one to unite Sicily and Calabria, through a bridge that will span the Strait of Messina. At least this is what the Deputy Prime …

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Natural History Wanderings broke the news in on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
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