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ITALY, AUG 11 – The 3.6 km bridge will carry 6,000 vehicles and 200 trains daily and aims to improve transport despite seismic and weather challenges, with completion targeted for 2032.
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Italy plans the longest suspension bridge in the world. But experts warn of risks. Tensions between government and environmentalists are increasing.
World's longest suspension bridge may finally link Sicily to mainland Italy
Italy has taken a giant step towards realizing a goal first envisioned thousands of years ago. Earlier this month, the nation’s government and the architectural firm Webuild announced final approval measures to begin construction on the world’s longest suspension bridge. At over two miles long, the Ponte Stretto Messina will stretch across the two-mile-long Messina Strait, finally offering a direct transportation link between the island of Sicil…
A gigantic suspension bridge will connect Sicily with the mainland from 2032. An interministerial committee approved the project last week. The building, whose cost is estimated at 13.5 billion euros, would be the largest suspension bridge in the world with a span of 3,300 meters and should withstand strong earthquakes (a strong earthquake destroyed the Sicilian Messina in 1908).
A three-kilometer-long suspension bridge will connect Sicily to the mainland, at a cost of $15.6 billion – despite environmental opposition and fears of earthquakes and mafia involvement
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