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Italy To Build World's Longest Suspension Bridge

Posted by Zonk on from the getting-places-in-a-hurry dept.

Rei writes "According to the BBC, Italy has just granted contracts to begin work on the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting the island of Sicily to the mainland. The nearly four kilometer-long bridge across the Messina Straits is to carry a double six-lane highway and four high-speed railway tracks. Its main span will be 3.3 kilometers long; this would over 1.5x the current record-holder, the 1991-meter Akashi-Kaikyo bridge."

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  1. Re:Linux role - any? by mark_hill97 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well considering there isnt a very good CAD application for linux yet I would presume there will be none. Application developers, we need a good CAD app to bring in the civil engineers!