Back جسر مضيق مسينا Arabic Мост цераз Месінскі праліў Byelorussian Мост през Месинския проток Bulgarian Brücke über die Straße von Messina German Puente del Estrecho de Mesina Spanish Pont de Messine French A Messinai-szoros hídja Hungarian Jembatan Selat Messina ID Ponte sullo stretto di Messina Italian メッシーナ海峡大橋 Japanese
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Proposed Strait of Messina Bridge Ponte sullo stretto di Messina | |
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 An artist's impression of the planned bridge from the Calabrian coast | |
| Coordinates | 38°14′51″N 15°38′21″E / 38.24750°N 15.63917°E |
| Carries | Six lanes and two emergency lanes. Two rails and two railway sidewalks. |
| Crosses | Strait of Messina |
| Locale | Messina and Villa San Giovanni |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 3,666 metres (12,028 ft) |
| Height | 382.6 metres (1,255 ft) (pylons) |
| Longest span | 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) |
| Clearance below | 76 metres (249 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Stretto di Messina |
| Construction start | 2025 |
| Construction end | 2032 (projected) |
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The Strait of Messina Bridge (Italian: Ponte sullo stretto di Messina) is a planned 3.6-kilometre suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni on the Italian peninsula.[1]
The bridge has been controversial due to the impact of earthquakes, strong currents in the strait, concerns of disruption of bird migration routes, and the infiltration of mafia groups Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta in area construction projects.[2]
While a bridge across the Strait of Messina had been proposed since ancient times, the first detailed plan was made in the 1990s for a suspension bridge. The project was cancelled in 2006 under prime minister Romano Prodi.[3] On 6 March 2009, as part of a massive new public works programme, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's government announced that construction of the Messina Bridge would indeed go ahead, pledging €1.3 billion as a contribution to the total cost, estimated at €6.1 billion.[4] The project was cancelled again on 26 February 2013, by prime minister Mario Monti's government, due to budget constraints.[5] A decade later, the project was revived again with a decree by Giorgia Meloni's government, on 16 March 2023,[6] which received presidential approval on 31 March 2023.[7][8]
If fully approved and built, it will be the longest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge would be part of the Berlin–Palermo railway axis (Line 1) of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T).
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- ^ "Italy revives Sicily bridge plan". BBC News. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ Masoni, Danilo (26 February 2013). "Sicily bridge project sinks in Italy budget mire". Reuters.
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