After awarding a turnkey contract for the world's longest bridge in 2005 and canceling it a year later, the Italian government is again reviving the idea of building a road and rail crossing between Sicily and the mainland.
At 3,300 meters, or more than 10,800 ft, the suspension bridge’s main span would be nearly 1,300 m longer than Turkey's current world record holder, the 1915Çanakkale Bridge.