The bridge, expected to cost more than $15 billion, would stretch more than two miles across the Messina Strait ...

But for millennia, generations of travelers have required a boat to cross Messina Strait separating Sicily and the mainland.

Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian ...

Italy has finally approved a €13.5bn (£12bn) plan to build the world’s longest suspension bridge from the mainland to Sicily ...

Italy has cleared the way to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily.

The government says the road and rail link will create jobs and lift the region’s economy, but critics are concerned about ...

Italy's long-standing dream to build the world’s longest suspension bridge between the mainland and the island of Sicily has just moved one step closer to becoming reality. On August 6, the Italian ...

Italy's government gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of what will be the world's longest single-span ...

The Italian government announced Wednesday it has approved the construction of a bridge between its mainland and the island ...

The Italian government has given final approval for the construction of what would be the world’s longest single-span bridge, ...

Other parts of Italy are also experiencing drought, but only Sicily’s is considered “extreme,” the highest level, according to the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and ...

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