Italy has cleared the way to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily.

But for millennia, generations of travelers have required a boat to cross Messina Strait separating Sicily and the mainland.

Residents are opposed to the bridge over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental effect, and mafia interference.

Italy’s government was set on Wednesday to give the final approval to the multi-billion-euro project to build a bridge ...

Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a government plan to build a bridge that would connect the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive $15.5 billion ...

Thousands of people took to the streets in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest against a €13.5bn plan to ...

Italy's decision to approve the construction between Sicily and the mainland of what would be the world's longest single-span ...

Thousands of people marched on Saturday in the Sicilian city of Messina to protest against the construction of the world’s ...

The Italian government has given the green light to an incredibly ambitious plan to connect Sicily and mainland Italy with ...

Italy has finally approved a €13.5bn (£12bn) plan to build the world’s longest suspension bridge from the mainland to Sicily ...

Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a government plan to build a bridge that would connect the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive $15.5 billion ...

The dream of a bridge connecting Sicily to mainland Italy stretches back 2,000 years, but now Italy’s government wants to build a record-breaking span across the Strait of Messina – defying ...