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The Strait of Messina Bridge (Italian: Ponte sullo stretto di Messina) is a planned 3.6-kilometre suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni on the Italian peninsula. [1]
The Strait of Messina is a focal point in the migrations of birds every year, who mainly cross the strait to reach their breeding grounds in northern Europe. Due to this form of bottleneck more than 300 species are recorded in the area, which is a major European hot spot for raptors , with a record of 35,000 in one spring.
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The Metropolitan Area of Strait of Messina (Area Metropolitana dello Stretto di Messina, in Italian), is the urban agglomeration around the Strait of Messina, and is one of the most populated and important areas of Southern Italy. It includes part of the Province of Messina, in Sicily, and part of the Province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria.
The Stretto di Messina S.p.A. company was established in 1981 in implementation of law no. 1158/1971 of the Italian government to design, build and manage the Strait of Messina Bridge. [ 1 ] History
Strait of Messina Bridge Stonecutters Bridge Giorgio Diana (born 27 September 1936) is an Italian engineer, academic, writer, from 1980 full professor of Applied Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Milan .
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The Strait of Sicily Tunnel is a proposed megaproject to link Sicily and Tunisia. The distance between the coastlines is about 155 kilometres (96 miles) and would be reached by five tunnels constructed between four intermediate artificial islands which will be built with the excavated material.