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Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead

Posted by michael on from the bigger-is-better dept.

SpanningTheGap writes "According to the BBC, Italy plans on building a suspension bridge connecting the Italian mainland with the island of Sicily. The bridge will be five kilometers long and its central span will be over three kilometers long, easily breaking the old record length for a suspension bridge. The artist's conception image of the monster is a sight to see. Another article with more info can be found here." There's a website with assorted technical info about the design.

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  1. This Bridge of Ours by gspeare · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, I hadn't realized that they were so low on places to dump bodies that they needed a bridge to drop them off of...

  2. Timing by KingKire64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if pizza delivery times will be improved by this bridge?

    --
    "All I can tell the "lesser of two evils" folks is that if they keep voting for evil, they'll keep getting evil."-Lp.org
  3. Now it will be much easier to dispose of bodies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Once the Sicilian have fitted their "friends" with cement overshoes, they'll be able to to throw these friends into the ocean from speeding Cadillacs! Think of the time it will save, not having to search for an abandoned wharf or lake. Surely this bridge will revolutionize Italy's crime industry, which accounts for 65% of the country's GDP. (The other 35% is a combination of spaghetti sauce and cheap Renaissance merchandise.) Italian crime also accounts for about 5% of the US GDP. Hooray for mobsters!

    -- The_Messenger

  4. The bridge of death by resonator · · Score: 2, Funny

    WHAT, is your name?

    Sir Gallihad of Camelot

    WHAT, is your quest?

    To seek the secret Mafia headquarters

    WHAT, is the overall weight of the bridges galvanized steel wires?

    I don't know that... nooooooooooo.....

  5. What about the Wayne Newton bridge? by gelfling · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah you know, the one they'll build in 2031 to connect The Las Vegas Islands to the Arizonian mainland?

  6. Re:Sicilian Suspension Bridge... by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 4, Funny

    A meter (I'm American--that's how we spell it)

    Funny -- I'm an American too, and I spell it Y-A-R-D...