The long-standing project to build the world’s largest bridge between Sicily and Calabria of mainland Italy has cleared one of its final remaining obstacles and now seems certain to go ahead. Italian construction company Impregilo was announced as the winning tender on October 12th.
The project is expcted to start next year and finish construction of the world’s largest bridge by 2012. The 3.8 billion euro Straight of Messigna Bridge will cross the Strait of Messina with a single 3300 metre central span, eclipsing the current longest span of the Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Japan (1991 metres) by two thirds. The bridge’s total length will be 3,666 metres, with a deck of 60.4 metres, six traffic lanes, two service lanes and two railway lines. Its statistics beat all of the World’s Greatest Bridges.
Via: Gizmag
