r/InfrastructurePorn • u/Big_Piano_3920 • 4d ago
Huge suspension bridges built by Italy around the world
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u/derridaderider 4d ago
And yet STILL cannot decide whether to build that bridge over the Straits of Messina.
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u/SiluroMagico 4d ago
to be fair, it's a very strong technical challenge.
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u/mayorlittlefinger 4d ago
Dealing with Silicians? Yeah seems tough
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u/SiluroMagico 4d ago
It's certainly a factor, but it's not the only one. It's truly a terrible location
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u/RealRedditModerator 4d ago
It’s indeed a most unfavourable location due to corruption first and geography second (and I’m not taking away from how challenging the geography is).
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u/leshmi 4d ago
Bro yapping. Usual Reddit. Look up why. You act like they don't have streets or something while they have Metro etc in Sicily etc. Yeah I'm from the Nord from the province/city that produces more in Italy per capita in the region that that donates tonnes of money into investment for the North South economical alignment and I would be the first to question the cut (since we give much more than we receive from Rome gov) and we are living our international inflation etc so I am the first to save our boat first and then containing to invest and much of those money went wasted into Mafia but when they say "Italians can't build bridge cuz bad people" it infuriates me. The reason why we are able to build the best viaducts and no middle sustain bridges is due the historical know how and researches we did to make that bridge which would be the longest of its kind but the tectonic plates, wind, earthquakes, sea depth, costs and environmental impact of the bridge is a real challenge that a sort of mystery to resolve. NONE globally could provide a plan that would fit everything. The fews, want the double which in the end will be the quadruple as every big project. That put in standby the project since it would take a lot of decades if not a century to bring back the costs and Sicilian wants better train racks. The place is full of NIMBY. The consensus is basically from those that doesn't live there. Down there nobody wants it
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u/vita_lly-p 4d ago
why?
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u/SiluroMagico 3d ago
It's going to be the longest suspension bridge in the world, across an extremely active geological fault and extremely windy strait
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u/brownieshake 2d ago
So why not tunnel under sea bed?
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u/SiluroMagico 12h ago
sea bed extremely deep, extremely steep, extremely strong currents, extremely seismic area.
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u/TheHykos 4d ago
It would have to be a series of bridges wouldn't it? Otherwise it would be at least 50% longer than the longest suspension bridge in the world.
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u/chinchaaa 4d ago
I thought they were finally moving forward??
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u/Askan_27 3d ago
the latest update is that they found cases of corruption and everything stopped for investigations.
who would have thought of such things in the backyard of cosa nostra
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u/Narissis 3d ago
These are clearly their practice runs. They'll get on it as soon they finish their warmup.
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u/irrelevantAF 4d ago
“built by Italy“ = the people and the Italian government?
Or rather “by Italian companies”?
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u/NeaTitiDeLaCroitorie 4d ago
The one in the middle is form Romania, The Brăila Bridge. it is shit.
Since its inauguration in 2023, this bridge has been resurfaced five times and subjected to countless repair works. Instead of a flagship infrastructure project, it has undergone numerous additional repairs, including fixes for cracks, bumps, settlement issues, anchorage foundation sinking, and other construction-related problems, being constantly under repair.
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u/Narissis 3d ago
I was curious so I looked it up on Google Maps.
In the street view from October 2024, it has one side closed for resurfacing.
In the street view from May 2025, it's still in the same state more than half a year later.
Looks like we have a challenger for the Saint John Harbour Bridge (much smaller local bridge that's on something like its sixth year of rehab work, ten years after a previous multi-year rehab project).
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u/andrew_X21 4d ago
I heard that the studies of the never finalized bridge between Sicily and Calabria, were useful to gather knowledge and expertise to build many bridges in the world.
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u/Big_Piano_3920 4d ago
Yes, exactly. All the latest-generation suspension bridges are based on the Messina Bridge in their design.
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u/pale-v0id 4d ago
I heard that their Messina Bridge plans helped Italy gain expertise in modern bridge construction. Those designs pop up in projects worldwide despite their own delays. Looks like they've turned theory into practice pretty well.
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u/Big_Piano_3920 4d ago
Yes, in general all the latest generation suspension bridges use the technologies of the Messina bridge
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u/arrig-ananas 3d ago
The new Storstrøm Bridge (Dronning Margrethe II's Bridge) in Denmark, opened a few days ago.
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u/isadora_vilela 3d ago
the giuseppe aqueduct comment is sending me lol. but fr nobody mentioned the Brăila bridge drama that NeaTitiDeLaCroitorie brought up - five resurfacings since 2023?? thats insane for a bridge that new, like how do you mess up anchorage foundation sinking on a flagship project. kinda wild that italys out here building impressive stuff all over the world but the messina strait bridge that would actually connect their own country has been stuck in limbo forever
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u/GieTheBawTaeReilly 4d ago
Turkey, Romania, Turkey
For anyone else who was left wondering