Italy Greenlights $15 Billion Bridge Linking Sicily to Mainland
The structure, crossing the Straits of Messina, would be 2.3 miles long, breaking the record (for longest single span) currently held by Turkey's 1915 Canakkale Bridge, which connects Europe and Asia across the Dardanelles.
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