Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland – DW – 08/06/2025
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PM Meloni's coalition hailed the project as an economic boost, while critics worry about its impact and cost, which comes in at over €13 billion. If completed, the bridge would be the world's longest suspension bridge.
  • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I love the NATO spending angle on this.

    Promise to spend more on military. Build bridge. Call the bridge military. Success.

  • officermike@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    As the article states, the distance between Italy and Sicily is around 2 miles (3 km), which makes this bridge unimpressive in terms of overall length, as there are hundreds of bridges longer than that. The article claims this would be the world’s longest bridge, comparing it to Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, which isn’t the world’s longest bridge, but rather the bridge with the longest unsupported span at 2 km. There’s no artist rendering of the proposed bridge, and no mention of whether Italy was planning to build this bridge in such a way that the main span would be over 2 km. This distinction means the difference between unremarkable, or modern engineering marvel.