Messina Straits Bridge, Sicily, Italy
Key Data:
Start Year
1992 (designs have been on the board since 1960s)
Estimated Investment
€4.4bn
Completion
2012
Start
October 2006; Bridge scrapped by Italian parliamentary vote.
Bridge Specifications:
Central Span Length
3,300m
Total Length
3,666m
Suspended Deck Width
60.4m
Tower Height
382.6m, each containing 56,000t of structural steel
Suspension Cables
Two pairs, 5,300m long with a diameter of 1.24m – 44,352 wires for each cable
Minimum Central Navigable Clearance
65m high by 600m wide
Lanes
Six driving lanes, three for each direction (one fast, one normal, one emergency)
Service Lanes
Two
Rail Tracks
Two
Traffic Capacity
6,000 vehicles/hour and 200 trains/day
Key Players:
Sponsor
Stretto di Messina SpA, Italian Government
Main Contractors
Impregilo, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries of Japan, Sacyr Vallehermoso of Spain and Sacyr S.A., Società Italiana Per Condotte D'Acqua SpA, Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti-CMC and Parsons Transportation Group
Other Contractors
Systra SA, Bonifica SpA., Systra-Sotecni SpA, Ast Sistemi Srl. Fenice SpA, Agriconsulting, Eurisko, Nautilus, Theolab, Istituto Nazionale della Fauna Selvatica, Marsh SpA and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Operator
Stretto di Messina SpA
