Italy Approves Plans for World's Longest Suspension Bridge

Italy's government yesterday approved a €13.5 billion (about R277 billion) project to build the world's longest suspension bridge connecting the island of Sicily to the mainland.

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Rome –

After decades of planning and considerable controversy, a ministerial committee gave the green light to the state-funded bridge over the Strait of Messina, said Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini.

“It will be the longest single-span bridge in the world” and would act as a “development accelerator” for the impoverished regions on either side, namely the island of Sicily and the southern Italian region of Calabria, he said during a press conference.