The Messina Strait Bridge

This book describes the large amount of work carried out since the early seventies on the Messina Strait Bridge, up to the award of the detailed design and construction contract in 2006. This work has included extensive studies, concepts and design developments to confirm the feasibility of such an enormous undertaking and to optimise costs and expected performance levels. Attention is not merely focused on design itself, but also on the context in which the project is located, and on the great challenges involved. Thus, considering the innovations and specific solutions adopted in order to overcome the difficulties due to the environment and the challenges presented by the record length of 3,300 m for the main suspended span, it becomes clear how the Messina Strait Crossing takes its place as a masterpiece in bridge engineering history.