The final design has been approved for the Messina Strait Bridge, which will be the world's longest suspension bridge. The bridge will connect Sicily to mainland Italy and is estimated to cost $4. ...

In this week's Inside Italy newsletter, we look at why the government is so enthusiastic about the Messina Strait bridge ...

There is widespread scepticism that the bridge will ever be built. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Italian government says it will begin work on the world's largest suspension bridge connecting Sicily to the Italian ...

The bridge along the Messina Strait is “Italy’s Apollo project,” Francesco Costa, a Sicilian podcaster, told me. The state has spent more than 1 billion euros on studies, models, stipends ...

According to the sustainability organization, Nostra, the Strait of Messina “constitutes a unique source of biodiversity” in the region. And then there’s the simple economics.

The Messina strait has a very high seismic risk, and in 1908 was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that killed more than 75,000 people, Europe’s highest earthquake toll.

The go-ahead was given from Palazzo Chigi “subject to agreements” to start construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina, Italy. Current premium viewers: 37.

1915 Çanakkale Bridge, Turkey: With a main span of 2,023 meters (6,637 feet), this bridge crosses the Dardanelles Strait, connecting Europe and Asia. It opened to traffic in March 2022.

Last year, the Italian government approved a controversial $5 billion project to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting the island of Sicily to Calabria in mainland Italy. The ...

The final design has been approved for the Messina Strait Bridge, which will be the world's longest suspension bridge. The ...