Bridge to Sicily UNDER CONTRACT

I didn't read the article, but the 'ndrangheta in Calabria will never let this project be finished.

Long, hanging and Sicilian - Mama Mia’s mussy is getting mucho moist.

[quote] Rome is hoping to classify the bridge as a military expenditure to make it count towards the Nato target of 5% of GDP spent on defence.

^ If Meloni pulls the one off, it'll be quite a victory.

what a shame

I hope they don’t let Fiat build it.

FIAT acronym for Fix It Again Tony

Great. Another fuckin' Guinea Gangplank!

I didn't know it was only 2 miles across to Sicily, just a little longer than the Golden Gate Bridge.

Picture it: Sicily!

Progress-o. That’s Italian!

Confederation Bridge is 8 miles and at the end all you get is Anne of Green Gables.

A mega-bridge built by Italians? What could possibly go wrong?!?

In heaven:

Your cook is Italian.

Your mechanic is German.

Your policeman is English.

Your lover is French.

It is all organized by the Swiss.

In hell:

Your cook is English.

Your mechanic is French.

Your policeman is German.

Your lover is Swiss.

It is all organized by the Italians.

The level of ignorance on this thread is truly astounding. Italians have building bridges, cathedrals, tunnels, and roads for more than a millennium.

Or two, R14

For more than two millenniums R14 & R15.

You tell 'em, R14!!!

R14 knows best . . .

Do not DARE to question Dustin!

The US knows a thing or two about bridge collapses:

The Francis Scott Key

The 1-40

R18 It's still quite shocking that a bridge like that could collapse in a rainstorm. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was also quite shocking, even though a ship plowed into it.

They should get the Germans to build it.

For bridge collapses, no one beats the good old USA (although the UK tries pretty hard):

[quote]They should get the Germans to build it.

That's a good idea!

r25 that never happened when they used slave labor.

R14 doesn’t get the point of DL. Maybe R14 would find Pinterest more his speed.

Give the Germans 50,000 Poles and they'll have that damn bridge built in a weekend.

I totally get the point, you dickless cunt, R27. I've been here since dirt.

I don't tolerate the anti-Italian sentiment propagated by some of a few Nazi motherfuckers.

You're absolutely correct, R19. Do not question he who knows better than you.

That church collapsed during an earthquake. Earthquakes often cause buildings to collapse.

Why not a tunnel instead?

Earthquakes?

It's sad that the article has to state how the mafia is going to skim a lot of the funds. It's 2025 and they still let these corrupt organizations exist like Mexican cartels?

Sicily will still be an island. It will be an island with a bridge.

R32 is 100% correct!

It says the bridge would need to be 3,666 meters. This is really not much.

Similar span bridges in the US: Throgsneck bridge in NY, San Diego-Coronado bridge, Bay bridge between SF and Oakland, Walt Whitman bridge in Philly. Those aren't even really long bridges.

This is an embarrassingly easy breadth to build a bridge over - something that has been done for over a 100 years.

It's not some super-human feat - this is just dumb that they haven't done it before.

R29:- you’re an idiot. And possibly retarded.

Please detail why you think I'm an idiot, what I said was wrong, and why I'm possibly retarded, you needle-dick bugfucker.

Return to Garbage Island

Cannoli was invented in Sicily. I ate so many of them when I was in Sicily.

[quote] This is an embarrassingly easy breadth to build a bridge over - something that has been done for over a 100 years. It's not some super-human feat - this is just dumb that they haven't done it before.

[quote] Cannoli was invented in Sicily. I ate so many of them when I was in Sicily.

It may be a difficult project because it has to be able to withstand the weight of passengers like rR38.

R37 I bet you did.

Cannoli are great, but Cassata cake is worth crossing the bridge for.

Sicily is, tragically, being overrun with Fraus after being featured in a season of that HBO series about the fancy hotel chain run by gangsters and horny homos.

[quote]It says the bridge would need to be 3,666 meters. This is really not much. Similar span bridges in the US: Throgsneck bridge in NY, San Diego-Coronado bridge, Bay bridge between SF and Oakland, Walt Whitman bridge in Philly. Those aren't even really long bridges. This is an embarrassingly easy breadth to build a bridge over - something that has been done for over a 100 years. It's not some super-human feat - this is just dumb that they haven't done it before.

You have a severe reading comprehension problem.

Again?

Although the Mafia connection makes this story unique, I think every country has their mega project failures and delays.

See the history of the Second Avenue Subway or California's multibillion-dollar high speed bullet train fiasco.

Have you ever dealt with the Italian govt, especially concerning building anything? This will never see the light of day.

R46 Have you ever been to Italy? Seen the autostrade, airports, subways, rail lines?

Italy has some beautiful bridges

Ponte Salle in Abruzzo. They have bungee jumping off of it.

The highways in Sicily are actually wonderful.

^ I could not believe the highways of Sardinia. They all looked like they were built yesterday.

Italy has some of the most beautiful roadways in Europe.

And their Autogrills are top-notch eating.

The Autostrada A22 from Modena to Brennero.

Yes R47. I lived and worked there for an extended period. Italian govt is an ongoing catastrophe.

R51 I lived there for nearly 4 decades. Really nearly all of my adult life. Italy is governed very well.

I'm back in the US and appalled by so much of what I see, hear and encounter.

Haters gonna hate! 🪧

Really, this is a thing people are pissed about. I've taken a train to Sicily from Italy, a ferry boat too so bridge should not be too hard to do! Get it done numnuts!

R43 - what did I not understand? It stated the length of the bridge - I posted a list of longest bridges and it's not a large expanse at all in relation to all of the other bridges.

R55 It will be the longest suspension bridge in the world.

[quote]Really, this is a thing people are pissed about. I've taken a train to Sicily from Italy, a ferry boat too so bridge should not be too hard to do! Get it done numnuts!

The France 24 report explains things well.

And this fascinating report explains the construction challenges. If completed it will be quite a feat of engineering.

Picture it: Sicily, 2025.

It was the worst of times... it was the worst of times...

R53 why are they against it?

R56 - but that raises the question, why does it need to be a suspension bridge when plenty of other places have made bridges far longer than this one?

It's an active earthquake zone - so is Japan and San Francisco bay and many other places.

I'm no engineer, but it seems like they're making this more difficult than it has to be in order to claim "Longest Suspension Bridge in the World" title.

R61 knows best!

R62 - why is a tunnel out of the question though?

The other question is whether there is that much economic development on Sicily to justify this bridge/tunnel. I doubt there is.

I just don't see how a bridge/tunnel is going to revitalize that region. Is there that much untapped trade and economic development to justify this? I wouldn't think that there is.

Look at other long expensive bridges - they're usually not trying to connect a single island to the mainland.

Why don't they build a chunnel like they did between London and Paris?

R64 - I keep reading about the depth and the strong currents. But the depth is not uniform and looks to be less than 100m at the proposed bridge. Chunnel is 115m deep.

The strait of Dover also has strong currents.

I feel like I'm missing something. And a lot of people are objecting to the suspension bridge because of bird migrations - which isn't an issue with a tunnel.

And tunnels can be built for seismic activity. Feels like somebody has a hard-on for the longest suspension bridge in the world concept.

[quote]Feels like somebody has a hard-on

Pics please.

[quote]And tunnels can be built for seismic activity.

The Mediterranean fault line runs straight through the Strait of Messina. What train tunnels have been built going through a fault line? List them.

R67 - Glendora tunnel and Longxi tunnel?

Perhaps the scope of the project needs to be reconsidered. Does it need multiple train lines AND traffic?

The San Andreas fault is one of the most active in the world too.

This whole project just may not be worth it. I predict it to go way over budget with a lot of Mafia grifting and other issues. Just add more ferries?

[quote]Glendora tunnel and Longxi tunnel?

Are you a troll, or just plain stupid?

The Glendora tunnel is not used for transportation and the Longxi tunnel suffered severe damage during an earthquake.

I’m terribly disappointed. Part of its magic will be lost forever.

[quote] I predict it to go way over budget with a lot of Mafia grifting and other issues.

You mean over budget like the California bullet train? I highly doubt it.

"After 16 years and roughly $15 billion spent, not one high speed track has been laid by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA). The $135 billion projected total cost of the project could buy every San Francisco and LA resident nearly 200 roundtrip flights between the cities."

♪ I heard they exploded the underground blast ♫

♪ What they say's gonna happen is gonna happen at last ♫

♪ That's the way it appears ♫

♪ Atlantis will rise, Sunset Boulevard will fall ♫

♪ Where the beach used to be won't be nothing at all ♫

♪ That's the way it appears ♫

♪ They tell me the fault line runs right through here ♫

♪ So that may be, that may be ♫

♪ What's gonna happen is gonna happen to me ♫

♪ That's the way it appears ♫

♪ They tell me the fault line runs right through here ♫

It's a miracle that Sicily hasn't been destroyed yet by Mount Etna. The last eruption was in June of this year.

r70 MARY!