THE BRIDGE OF NOWHERE. the Straits of Messina.

It doesn't exist, but it has a 150 years old history at least. No one has never seen it, but someone says that its profile ruins the panorama. There's no bridge but is fame is so great that to the other side of the Earth, between Java and Sumatra, there are people who would build its twin bridge. The bridge of the Straits of Messina it's one rare case where dream become more real than reality.There are photographic simulations, environments studies and positive evaluations made by overseas private companies.

The project foresees to ride the Straits in one single "jump". The main span will be 3,300 metres long, exceeding for more than 1km the longest one currently located in Japan. Actually the first ideas about the bridge of the Straits of Messina are aged around half way through 1800. Just around the end of the '60s it was launched an "ideas contest" about the bridge. Today it's been achieved the right project, that perfectly join together engineering quality with low costs.

THE PHASES:

-1 Tower construction

-2 Spreading of the cable made with thousands of wires.

-3 Tighting the cable to compact it.

-4 Wrapping the cable with another one.

-5 Spreading the cables used to hang the frames.

-6 Placement of the frames.

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