Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland
Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland

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Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland – DW – 08/06/2025

Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland
Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland – DW – 08/06/2025
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.
This article has more infos. Or this one. It's meant to be the longest suspension bridge.
I think i figured it out : not the longest, but if they mean that the span is 3.3 km between towers, that would be the longest span, but not total