Engineer Explains How the World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Will Be Built | WSJ

Italy’s parliament has finally approved a plan to build the world’s longest suspension bridge between Sicily and the mainland, an area prone to 170 mph winds, powerful riptides and earthquakes.
This suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina will be 2.2 miles long and include two gigantic towers, each 100 feet taller than New York’s Empire State Building. The project could employ 100,000 people in the area and help revitalize Italy’s economically struggling south.
WSJ explains Italy’s technical plans for the bridge, and the engineering developments that may make it feasible.
Chapters:
0:00 Italy’s project
0:44 The problems
1:37 The bridge
2:53 The fault line challenge
3:55 The wind challenge
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  • @azahel542
    @azahel5427 ай бұрын

    I understand birds colliding with skyscrapers because of the glass and all that, but how does a bird collide with a bridge?

  • @hyperthreaded

    @hyperthreaded

    6 ай бұрын

    Fog? OK, maybe alcohol too 😎

  • @neonxnational

    @neonxnational

    2 ай бұрын

    bird mafia

  • @Collgab2050

    @Collgab2050

    2 ай бұрын

    The bird excuse is used for pretty much all infrastructure projects by people or interests that want to block it, it's not based in any significant reality, when in reality the common house cat kills more birds globally than any infrastructure project ever has.

  • @yannickromeokenne9581

    @yannickromeokenne9581

    Ай бұрын

    It Is possible beceause they are migrant birds that use to sleep when flying to large distances

  • @javierpacheco8234

    @javierpacheco8234

    Ай бұрын

    Maybe the cables are invisible and so this causes them to crash. You have to remember that birds have a different vision than us so it makes it more difficult for them to see what we see.

  • @italiastoria
    @italiastoriaАй бұрын

    The shot at 0:15 is from Sicily? Sure it does not look like it: the landscape is definetely not sicilian

  • @SuperD140
    @SuperD1407 ай бұрын

    0.13-0.17 I do t know where you took that picture but south italy isnt a slum

  • @daviderenda9211

    @daviderenda9211

    Ай бұрын

    It's the "baraccopoli di San Fernando" in Rossano, migrants from Africa who work under caporalato live there (still not a fair representation of Southern Italy, I agree)

  • @mattiamelara5429

    @mattiamelara5429

    Ай бұрын

    @@daviderenda9211 Rosarno, not Rossano

  • @maucelere

    @maucelere

    24 күн бұрын

    Esiste esiste quella baraccopoli. Dobbiamo fare i conti anche con queste realtà, spendiamo 13 mld per un ponte ma facciamo finta di nulla quando vediamo queste cose e permettiamo che possano esistere in un paese più o meno civile.

  • @vati90
    @vati907 ай бұрын

    Not sure I understand the concerns for the birds. Can’t they just fly above or below it?

  • @johnnyllooddte3415

    @johnnyllooddte3415

    7 ай бұрын

    give us another billion and a decade to study it

  • @Djamonja

    @Djamonja

    7 ай бұрын

    Yea, I thought that was pretty dumb too. Birds are usually pretty good at avoiding solid objects, it's not made of glass which might confuse them.

  • @pjacobsen1000

    @pjacobsen1000

    7 ай бұрын

    Birds are very stupid, that's why.

  • @marcoroldo1568

    @marcoroldo1568

    7 ай бұрын

    People against the bridge is searching for every little stupid thing. Let them talk…

  • @hyperthreaded

    @hyperthreaded

    6 ай бұрын

    We might try grounding all birds during fog and bad weather, but birds tend to disobey flight restrictions

  • @caevans61
    @caevans61Ай бұрын

    The Tacoma Narrows example might be a bit misleading. It was not a great example of potential damage due to the speed of the wind, which was only 42mph (67kph) at the time. The wind speed wasn't the issue as much as it was the structure of the bridge that allowed a harmonic resonance to build up within the structure that amplified the frequency of the wind's effect on the bridge, thus causing its collapse. The old trusses were a more rectangular, flat plate design. The replacement bridge used tapered, triangular trusses that improved the wind flow across it, much like what this design uses. I think this bridge's challenge isn't as much the constant high speed of the wind, as it will be the gusts or rapid changes in the speed of the wind. The deck and tower flexibilities will greatly assist in this regard. It will be a great feat of engineering to be sure!

  • @mattiabolondi9864

    @mattiabolondi9864

    23 күн бұрын

    About the Tacoma bridge: precisely! I was surprised the WSJ was so superficial on that! There are even videos of it shortly before the collapse, with cars on it: the bridge is swinging left and right bu the car is stable in the middle, meaning that the wind didn't have enough force to move the car laterally, hence for sure didn't have enough force to make the bridge swinging, hence the bridge is swinging because of something else: the sound.

  • @PoloniDario

    @PoloniDario

    16 күн бұрын

    For those who want to go into details, the Tacoma bridge failure was not due to resonance but aeroelastic fluttering. Engineering-wise, it's an entirely different problem.

  • @marcoschepis6981
    @marcoschepis69817 ай бұрын

    0:14-0:18 What kind of place is that??? Is that supposed to be a Sicilian town? I'm Sicilian and I've NEVER seen anything like that.. Please be careful next time

  • @matteorovetto1568

    @matteorovetto1568

    Ай бұрын

    è in puglia

  • @hollyjaw3303

    @hollyjaw3303

    29 күн бұрын

    It's immigrant slums

  • @Albertofiorini

    @Albertofiorini

    27 күн бұрын

    ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah

  • @mattiabolondi9864

    @mattiabolondi9864

    23 күн бұрын

    These slums are not frequent, but it might well be in Italy. Some people say it's this one: it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraccopoli_di_San_Ferdinando

  • @herzogsbuick
    @herzogsbuick6 ай бұрын

    While wind was the proximate cause of the Tacoma Narrows failure, the direct cause was the resonances within the bridge itself. It's not like the wind knocked it over; it played it like a fiddle. Way different from surviving 170mph winds in the strait.

  • @annaciof
    @annaciofАй бұрын

    Can someone clarify where did the WSJ took the images with some sort of slums to show case the "economically depressed southern regions" ?

  • @mattiabolondi9864

    @mattiabolondi9864

    23 күн бұрын

    As an Italian, I can tell you it might really be Sicily. Of course it's not a problem which concerns millions of people, such as in thrid world Countries, but there are indeed some informal settlements like that in southern Italy (sometimes even in the rest of Italy). Often they're populated by irregular migrants working informally in agricultural jobs, but sometimes it's actual Italians who are quite poor.

  • @mattiabolondi9864

    @mattiabolondi9864

    23 күн бұрын

    Again, it's not very common... but there are indeed such settlements ... I remember seeing some of them from the train close to Rome when I was a kid for example...

  • @mattiabolondi9864

    @mattiabolondi9864

    23 күн бұрын

    Some people in the comments say it is this slum: it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraccopoli_di_San_Ferdinando . Anyway, there are also other similar slums around Italy...

  • @i_vanni
    @i_vanni7 ай бұрын

    There isn’t any place in Italy like the first images of this video. Where did you went?

  • @SuperD140

    @SuperD140

    7 ай бұрын

    It looks like some refugees camp in Calabria

  • @zapfanzapfan

    @zapfanzapfan

    7 ай бұрын

    African migrant farm labor camp? Come to Europe and live the good life...

  • @marcoroldo1568

    @marcoroldo1568

    7 ай бұрын

    Sono americani, avranno ripreso qualche villaggio in Messico

  • @SuperD140

    @SuperD140

    7 ай бұрын

    @@zapfanzapfan they are not forced to work in farm for that salary. They cannot work legally in Italy cause of their alien status so that's their only option to help their family

  • @albertoschiavo6428

    @albertoschiavo6428

    6 ай бұрын

    Il ghetto di Foggia per esempio

  • @HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.
    @HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.6 ай бұрын

    I'm northen Italian but i'm so exited for this awesome infrastructure. It's a milestone! ⚜️🇮🇹🇪🇺

  • @republicofhandball8815

    @republicofhandball8815

    Ай бұрын

    yeah, wonder why the Roman Empire didn't build the bridge on that strait 2000years ago? ...

  • @HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.

    @HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.

    Ай бұрын

    @@republicofhandball8815 maybe they did… or maybe not… who knows!

  • @ilmelangolo

    @ilmelangolo

    Ай бұрын

    @@republicofhandball8815 Because 2000 years ago the island of Sicily was attached to the mainland. No need for any bridge.

  • @FiloOutWestThugger

    @FiloOutWestThugger

    Ай бұрын

    Non sarò mai costruito, lo fanno solo x dare soldi alla mafia

  • @umbertosansovini9173

    @umbertosansovini9173

    29 күн бұрын

    ​@@republicofhandball8815 purtroppo tu hai appena detto una grande stupidaggine, spero tu te ne sia reso conto

  • @jernejkolar5028
    @jernejkolar50286 ай бұрын

    Add the metric measurements so the rest of the world can understand.

  • @tecnoChannell

    @tecnoChannell

    28 күн бұрын

  • @HrHaakon
    @HrHaakon6 ай бұрын

    This is a really cool project. I hope it goes off successfully, as it would be a marvel to behold.

  • @bbenjoe
    @bbenjoe2 ай бұрын

    1:30 - the Tacoma bridge had a faulty design.

  • @glennalexon1530
    @glennalexon15307 ай бұрын

    At 2:25, you said that the 2.2 mile bridge would take ten minutes to cross by car; that's 12 miles per hour. Math matters, WSJ.

  • @johnnyllooddte3415

    @johnnyllooddte3415

    7 ай бұрын

    its italy.. you have to wait for the donkey carts

  • @brianxyz

    @brianxyz

    7 ай бұрын

    Pretty sure they meant the entire bridge.

  • @Djamonja

    @Djamonja

    7 ай бұрын

    @@brianxyz They showed the entire stretch of bridge as 2.2 miles, it should take 2-3 mins to cross.

  • @andreafire27

    @andreafire27

    7 ай бұрын

    It will be an highway so the speed limit will be around 130 km/h

  • @michaelmains6785

    @michaelmains6785

    7 ай бұрын

    2.2 miles is the length of the mid span, not the length of the bridge.

  • @DP-hy4vh
    @DP-hy4vhКүн бұрын

    The openings in the median of the bridge deck is similar to the center lane grates on Mackinac Bridge in Michigan. This design was adopted after the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to prevent high winds from rocking the bridge deck to the point of collapse.

  • @rubenvanluijk1427
    @rubenvanluijk14276 ай бұрын

    I'm sorry but this is a mediocre storyline with nice graphics: 1. As other pointed out, the first images do not appear to be in Italy. 2. The Tacoma bridge did not collapse due to strong winds (only 64km/h), but because of resonance. 3. You cannot simply state that birds are affected by a bridge without supporting evidence. How would birds be affected by static objects such as bridges? Which experts state this? 4. I would have liked an explanation into how this bridge would improve the economic situation of southern Italy, as I would not expect this to be a golden solution.

  • @LOLERXP
    @LOLERXPАй бұрын

    Stellan Skarsgard is really versitile!

  • @nathanngumi8467
    @nathanngumi84676 ай бұрын

    Great infrastructure!

  • @ReaperOfSouls83
    @ReaperOfSouls83Ай бұрын

    but what are those shacks at the beginning of the video?? certainly not Italy

  • @riccardopalumbo9846
    @riccardopalumbo984622 күн бұрын

    the initial footage of a sicilian town is not in sicily, that look very much different at any point, pls remove it

  • @martinsimeonov1563
    @martinsimeonov156315 күн бұрын

    That bridge is so much a legend in italy already. Its tale is being passed down to nephews and grandchildren already. I wonder if they will ever do it

  • @JourneywithSmee
    @JourneywithSmee7 ай бұрын

    Humber Bridge: “oh please hold my pint” 😂

  • @johnnyraven4217
    @johnnyraven4217Ай бұрын

    Resonance , not high winds , caused the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. That video is in every first year engineering course curriculum . As for the proposed bridge itself, maybe it’s feasible but maybe a question is should it be built? You can build and operate a lot of super sized ferries for 12 Billion USD. Maybe bean counter number crunchers can tell us the payback period with building a 3km bridge. It would depend partly on bridge tolls versus ferry fares . Also bridges don’t go on strike. So lots to consider.

  • @KepleroGT

    @KepleroGT

    28 күн бұрын

    The main problem with ferries is that the embarking process and disembarkment takes more than the actual length of the crossing. And for cars there is only one ferry company serving the strait, not sure why though, but it does limit the amount of traffic going through. With the bridge you could cross in 5-10 minutes instead of an hour, also the train connections are vital in my opinion so that cargo transportation becomes much faster (at least I hope it does). What is the much bigger problem is the infrastructure that is supposed to connect to it, which is terrible and not well maintained. The government says the building of the bridge will favour the modernization of such infrastructure but I am skeptical.

  • @AlbertoZge
    @AlbertoZgeАй бұрын

    End of isolation, the continent is no longer isolated from Sicily, millions of Europeans can travel comfortably without being fooled by airline prices. From every part of the Eurasian continent to the island of Sicily, perhaps by train.

  • @gilba56

    @gilba56

    Ай бұрын

    The cost to go over ( supposed bridge ) is not for free!

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@gilba56it's going to be cheaper than a ferry

  • @gilba56

    @gilba56

    27 күн бұрын

    @@maverickvgc4220 That's right, we already have the second biggest debt in the world as a nation!

  • @CaesarIanAbatol
    @CaesarIanAbatol7 ай бұрын

    Im sorry. I keep pausing the video because it is using english units and I kept converting it to SI units.

  • @pavansatya1632

    @pavansatya1632

    Ай бұрын

    😂😂same

  • @user-ob5rg6ne6l
    @user-ob5rg6ne6l7 ай бұрын

    Best wishes 🎉❤

  • @V8_screw_electric_cars
    @V8_screw_electric_cars26 күн бұрын

    Seems such a sound idea instead of just building a tunnel like the channel tunnel by sinking tube in the water which would be flexible in case of earthquake and not prone to winds.

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais7 ай бұрын

    In engineering, I thought you design structures mathematically, then add a safety buffer of typically a multiple of two. If this bridge is designed to withstand an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude and winds of 186 mph, that’s just marginally above the 7.3 earthquake in 1908 and the winds that "can reach up to 175 mph". Isn't that a little...tight?

  • @jeffreymcgowan2753

    @jeffreymcgowan2753

    7 ай бұрын

    The magnitude scale for earthquakes isn't linear, it's logarithmic. According to earthquake.usgs.gov/education/calculator.php, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake is 1.56 times larger than a magnitude 7.3 earthquake, and is 1.99 times stronger.

  • @ekamjeet

    @ekamjeet

    6 ай бұрын

    Its still a 1.6 times safety buffer so not the worst

  • @FiloOutWestThugger

    @FiloOutWestThugger

    Ай бұрын

    It Will not be build, It Will only finance mafia, they Will make the project start and then stop giving the Money to the mafia's industries ( are decades that they're doing This with This project )

  • @kjj26k

    @kjj26k

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@ekamjeet Yes but the winds may get stronger. Fault lines, as we understand them, tend to have an upper limit on how strong the earthquakes they can create can be, I don't know what the limit for this one is, obviously would be worth taking into consideration.

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    A 7.5 earthquake is 2x the strength of a 7.3, the Richter scale is logarithmic.

  • @williesnyder2899
    @williesnyder2899Күн бұрын

    Cool!

  • @mygetawayart
    @mygetawayartАй бұрын

    The problem is not the feasibility or safety of the project, it's the mafia infiltration. Even though, as a Sicilian, i am very much in favor of the bridge being built, i also recognize that building a project of this magnitude without expecting serious mafia infiltration from the two biggest mafia syndicates in Italy (Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta) is folly. It's guaranteed that they'll dip their grubby hands in it to profit off of it. One thing the government could do is actually use the project as a trap, a way to make the mafia leave the shadows and expose themselves, in order to bring them to justice. Sadly, though, this government is very much in cahoots with the mafia and they'll do little to avoid this being a problem.

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    Ай бұрын

    I agree with you about the analysis on the mafia. But I would like to add that in Sicily they are way more urgent issues where these money could be spent.

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    So what? We should stop doing anything in southern Italy because of the Mafia? Also this project is a massive International cooperation between companies from Italy, Spain, Denmark and Japan, good luck sneaking behind all of them. And this is without addressing the fact that the Mafia's modus operandi for infiltrations always favours low specialization jobs like trash disposal and really basic constructions, not massive constructions that only a few companies worldwide can build.

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@giandomenicomartorelli8069su scala nazione la spesa è giusta, oltre I 12 miliardi per il ponte e le opere accessorie ci sono 36 miliardi stanziati tra Salerno e Palermo per migliorare le infrastrutture nazionali. La situazione delle strade e ferrovie regionali e provinciali in Sicilia è un problema della regione e delle province, non è competenza delle stato occuparsene. Lì bisognerebbe smettere di eleggere degli idioti pensando che le regionali siano inutili.

  • @hackbrettschorsch6855
    @hackbrettschorsch6855Ай бұрын

    The same experts probably also said that wind turbines will kill birds, which didn’t happen either.

  • @spidertube79
    @spidertube797 ай бұрын

    Le immagini all'inizio le avete prese in India? 😂 In Italia non esistono posti come quello.

  • @albertoschiavo6428

    @albertoschiavo6428

    6 ай бұрын

    Purtroppo si, tipo il ghetto di foggia

  • @spidertube79

    @spidertube79

    6 ай бұрын

    @@albertoschiavo6428 ok, ho guardato, ma non sono italiani, sono immigrati africani. Nel senso, non rappresenta gli italiani come lascia intendere il servizio. Situazioni di quel tipo purtroppo esistono anche negli Stati Uniti.

  • @albertoschiavo6428

    @albertoschiavo6428

    6 ай бұрын

    @@spidertube79si esistono dappertutto

  • @TravellerdeLux

    @TravellerdeLux

    Ай бұрын

    @@spidertube79 esistono esistono e con gli italiani dentro

  • @khurram4589
    @khurram45897 ай бұрын

    The way to end inflation is to end the counterfeiting. Money creation without product creation is inflation. Make investments to survive.

  • @icls9129
    @icls912926 күн бұрын

    I crossed the Strait of Messina on the ferry a month ago and the wind was really wild. I'm certain that I would not want to cross it in a car on a bridge high above sea level, even if the road surface is absolutely solid. Something about getting blown away. Maybe those lanes need to have a high wall on either side, while still maintaining the aerodynamic shape?

  • @jmchez

    @jmchez

    25 күн бұрын

    In NYC, when the winds are very high, the prohibit trucks and motorcycles. There's never been a wind high enough to shut it down for cars. I'm sure tha in this bridge, the would just close it for the duration of the storm.

  • @shahsuvar
    @shahsuvarАй бұрын

    It is not "Kanakale bridge" by the way. It is pronounced as «Chanak kaleh"...

  • @noodengr3three825
    @noodengr3three82512 күн бұрын

    I saw the current record holder in Turkey. It is massive

  • @TheCloakedTiger
    @TheCloakedTiger3 ай бұрын

    2030s? With work starting in 2024? I really hope this bridge gets built! It would definitely be on my bucket list to go over it when it opens! :)

  • @Speedkam

    @Speedkam

    Ай бұрын

    Pie in the sky

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    Ай бұрын

    When in Italy they tell a date for an infrastructure, usually you should add 5-10 years. In this case, it will never be finished...

  • @ahsanmohammed1
    @ahsanmohammed1Ай бұрын

    Did not address Why no tunnel

  • @pakoottox262

    @pakoottox262

    Ай бұрын

    Tunneling was an option, but it was discarded due to ground instability caused by the movement of the canal fault.

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    Because the straight is short and deep, you'd need a lot of "ramp" tunnel to get down enough.

  • @myril.kennedy
    @myril.kennedy3 ай бұрын

    So, experts think the birds can't see... Ok, cool, cool.

  • @xyris1208

    @xyris1208

    29 күн бұрын

    It's not a problem of sight, it's a problem of magnetic field. Birds have an additional sense for magnetic fields that they use to orient themselves during long migration routes. The construction of the two structures (400m tall) will interfere with that, possibly making them derail from their known north-south flight route and direct them to places they can't survive or reproduce

  • @myril.kennedy

    @myril.kennedy

    29 күн бұрын

    @@xyris1208 thanks for explaining

  • @antonlasmarias6606
    @antonlasmarias660624 күн бұрын

    Honestly, as a lot of people already point out, the misleading explanation of the Tacoma Narrows failure is quite embarrassing and so easily avoidable with some proper research that it makes you question the rest of the work at WSJ!

  • @FernThatsALL
    @FernThatsALL7 ай бұрын

    Where was this guy in my highschool 😢😭🤓

  • @joeandrews8927
    @joeandrews89277 ай бұрын

    Great content

  • @jameskeener7251
    @jameskeener72517 ай бұрын

    Your narrator is very dramatic, yet difficult to understand. The background music has performed magic by moving forward.

  • @nigel493
    @nigel493Ай бұрын

    How would vehicles even be able to cross with such strong winds

  • @kjj26k

    @kjj26k

    Ай бұрын

    They wouldn't, but most bridges close when there are high winds.

  • @user-hk4oh2ku8w
    @user-hk4oh2ku8w7 ай бұрын

    John 15:12-13 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you

  • @blankblank2162
    @blankblank21627 ай бұрын

    The Tacoma bridge did not fall due to high winds, please update your facts. Even though there were strong winds at the time, the bridge was more than capable of withholding them. It fell due to the consistency of the winds over prolonged periods of time which promoted resonance in the bridge's deck.

  • @PGproductionsHD

    @PGproductionsHD

    7 ай бұрын

    Sounds like it fell due to winds..

  • @patricksullivan9945

    @patricksullivan9945

    7 ай бұрын

    Was going to make the same comment. Winds that day on the bridge were around 45 mph, but the bridge had been design to withstand much higher wind loads. As you said, it wasn't "high winds" that caused the failure but the resonance and amplifying effect of the eddies created by the aerodynamic profile of the bridge. Not the same issue implied by the video.

  • @johnnyllooddte3415

    @johnnyllooddte3415

    7 ай бұрын

    strong high winds.. there fixed it.. obviously it wasnt capable of resisting strong nor high winds..it FELL

  • @allo-other

    @allo-other

    7 ай бұрын

    The chief problem was the rigid box-walls design, which "caught" the wind and amplified aeroelastic flutter. If winds had remained low, it would have stood for years. Put simply, it fell because of wind.

  • @Djamonja

    @Djamonja

    7 ай бұрын

    So it fell due to high winds, got it.

  • @Mason_van_Bike
    @Mason_van_BikeАй бұрын

    The longest suspension bridge before 2022, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Kobe Japan, actually has to close to motorcycles during periods of high winds. I wonder if motorcycle traffic will be allowed on this bridge.

  • @kjj26k

    @kjj26k

    Ай бұрын

    Two wheeled vehicles, as I understand it, are common in Italy.

  • @juandavidgiraldo518

    @juandavidgiraldo518

    Ай бұрын

    ​​@@kjj26kthats true, because that is the easiest solution for go across the narrow streets of the traditional Italian cities

  • @halamish1
    @halamish1Ай бұрын

    How is it proposed to actually construct the bridge? How will it be lifted into place? Skyhooks?

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    Ай бұрын

    Nobody knows... they initiate the works, and will decide later if it's really feaseble.

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    The plan is to build up the towers, pull the wires, and then lift the bridge section from barges, the info is on the project's website.

  • @josephpiskac2781
    @josephpiskac27817 ай бұрын

    What about vehicles being blown off the bridge?

  • @namrehtv2746

    @namrehtv2746

    6 ай бұрын

    Engineer prevent vehicle being flow off.

  • @namrehtv2746

    @namrehtv2746

    6 ай бұрын

    I bet google has better answer

  • @Dc-jb3yq
    @Dc-jb3yq20 күн бұрын

    12bn and 10 years are just a wild fantasy. Both are going to be n times more

  • @TJSaw
    @TJSaw26 күн бұрын

    I’m not even Italian but I so want this bridge to be built.

  • @navi-x-nesh6950
    @navi-x-nesh695021 күн бұрын

    I didn't know Italian have larger slum

  • @robertthomas4329
    @robertthomas43295 күн бұрын

    Maybe a tunnel would be a better idea.

  • @cal7348
    @cal73487 ай бұрын

    A new high speed railway between Salerno and reggio Calabria will be built 2024 2030, av ac railway between Palermo messina Catania for 2028, Naples Bari 2027, New highway (statale 106) in calabria,

  • @GiambattistaRossi

    @GiambattistaRossi

    Ай бұрын

    a dream list

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, and the super new Salerno-Los Angeles in 2050 😂

  • @wyqtor

    @wyqtor

    28 күн бұрын

    @@giandomenicomartorelli8069 I've heard American tourists describing the coastal highway around Taormina as the Italian equivalent of the Big Sur.

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    28 күн бұрын

    @@wyqtor yeah it's a good comparison.

  • @maucelere
    @maucelere24 күн бұрын

    Costruire un ponte su una faglia è una pazzia!

  • @timmydavidsmith
    @timmydavidsmithАй бұрын

    2.2 miles long and takes 10 minutes to cross.. so is the speed limit 13 mph?

  • @loveyourword
    @loveyourwordАй бұрын

    Someone tell the WSJ that birds can see.

  • @U570
    @U57025 күн бұрын

    Not using metric system in 2024 jeez

  • @timothylee2772
    @timothylee2772Ай бұрын

    When it comes to bridges and infrastructure in general, no one does it better than China.

  • @ivanpessane2475
    @ivanpessane2475Ай бұрын

    I honestly do not understand why Americans use feet and miles on the same topic. choose one. International system of measurement is easier to understand. I have to constantly convert from feet to metres. then miles to metres. even Americans need to convert from feet to miles all the time. Just simplify this please. Also, 10 minutes to cross the bridge at what speed? Then when you explain about the decks you use metres. Winds are in miles per hour. So confusing. You can just put notes on the video everytime a conversion is needed, it will be easier for all audiences. Simplify the explanation please.

  • @markmartindale7215
    @markmartindale721527 күн бұрын

    Did you have to hire a vocal-fryer to narrate this video? Now I can't watch it. Oh wait! I'll mute it and turn on CC.

  • @user-mm1nt1it5v
    @user-mm1nt1it5vАй бұрын

    2:14 this is not true. Because the antenna on the empire state building was not an original part of the structure it is not counted in its total height. So the “top” of the building is stated as being 1250 feet. In your diagram you showed that this bridge at 1310 feet would be 60 ft taller than the entire esb antenna included. In reality if you include the antenna as you did in the diagram, the empire state building 1472 feet and taller than the bridge tower.

  • @chastidymann4370
    @chastidymann43707 ай бұрын

    Thanks, I got it. ✅

  • @Smart1529
    @Smart152928 күн бұрын

    Meanwhile London doesn't want to make something this in the Eastern part of the city due to air pollution and noise pollution. Mankind is it's own worst enemy.

  • @sandipsahal5704
    @sandipsahal5704Ай бұрын

    well, the distance on water between borgo del ringo to villa san Giovanni is approximently 9 kms... the length of the English Channel under sea s about 39 kms.. why invest on a bridge, when u can build an under sea tunnel... will save lot of money, n be safer and quicker.. I am sure u can pay me a million pounds just for the idea...

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    The english channel being longer means that you have the space you need to go down and come back up at with decent incline. Here you'd have to build multiple kilometers of useless tunnel just to get below the sea bed and that would be really pricey.

  • @yijiequ662
    @yijiequ6627 ай бұрын

    did you just mention Mafia? Just saw the movie "The Equalizer 3" about a small town in Sicily.. i dont know how true it is regarding these constructions and kickback..... is Sicily really this corrupt like what Hollywood said?

  • @PandeyPrashant

    @PandeyPrashant

    7 ай бұрын

    😅I watched it an hour ago

  • @cal7348

    @cal7348

    7 ай бұрын

    No. Hollywood spread fake news in every films

  • @linog92

    @linog92

    7 ай бұрын

    The mafia in Italy is hidden corrupted, not highlighted as in the film

  • @vick8669

    @vick8669

    7 ай бұрын

    Not that much

  • @marcoroldo1568

    @marcoroldo1568

    7 ай бұрын

    I saw a movie last night, do you really have aliens in usa? And asteroids? And terminator?

  • @stevenhill3136
    @stevenhill31367 ай бұрын

    Ten years to build it🐌

  • @marcoroldo1568

    @marcoroldo1568

    7 ай бұрын

    6 years

  • @erickochenderfer9870
    @erickochenderfer98706 ай бұрын

    The Mackinaw Bridge in Michigan is 5 miles long....this bridge in Italy is half the length....

  • @alessandromurtas1074

    @alessandromurtas1074

    6 ай бұрын

    The Messina strait bridge will be a single span bridge, while the mackinaw bridge is several spans. The Mackinaw longest span is 1100 meters long, while messina bridge if built will be 3 times that, 3300 meters.

  • @cristianfamigliuolo
    @cristianfamigliuolo7 ай бұрын

    Southern Italy is not economically depressed because we don't have a bridge. the reasons are other lack of curiosity and culture, little desire to do international economics, tax evasion, cronyism, criminal protectionism, desire to earn everything immediately and illegally. The bridge is just an excuse to get your hands dirty with some emblezement.

  • @johnnyllooddte3415

    @johnnyllooddte3415

    7 ай бұрын

    not to mention home of the largest mafia in the world

  • @massimopuleo5705

    @massimopuleo5705

    7 ай бұрын

    FALSE! Southern Italy is economically depressed because italian national governments in 160 years have only looked the North and the Center of the Country. This is shameful!

  • @AlfieP-ob5ww

    @AlfieP-ob5ww

    7 ай бұрын

    Reason is mafia

  • @Hastdupech8509

    @Hastdupech8509

    7 ай бұрын

    You only lack a reference to DNA and genetics and could qualify as a eugenetic pseudo intellectual from the 1920s. I swear each time yall speak about the South, the worst sociological analysis get pulled out.

  • @alessandrof.6546

    @alessandrof.6546

    7 ай бұрын

    @@massimopuleo5705 FALSE! Southern Italy always received money while the north gave money. The problems of Southern Italy are corruption, mafia, tax evasion, no jobs and no opportunities for young people.

  • @jaydibernardo4320
    @jaydibernardo43207 ай бұрын

    It wouldn't be Italy without the Mob getting involved. 🇮🇹

  • @patsik182
    @patsik1827 ай бұрын

    A road deck isn’t balsa wood… it’s concrete

  • @vincenzopistone8806

    @vincenzopistone8806

    7 ай бұрын

    Steel!

  • @daneurope9167
    @daneurope916716 күн бұрын

    it will always be a suspended bridge for the next 50 years..its a risk nobody wants ..not worth the price..

  • @jackml93
    @jackml937 ай бұрын

    We want explain about world's longest suspend Bridge

  • @taipizzalord4463
    @taipizzalord44637 ай бұрын

    It should be rail bridge only.

  • @gouravmisra2317
    @gouravmisra23177 ай бұрын

    Namaste ma'am good evening 🌆 watching from India 🎉🎉

  • @chrismv102
    @chrismv1027 ай бұрын

    Why not a tunnel?

  • @nicolaramoso3286

    @nicolaramoso3286

    Ай бұрын

    The strait is too deep.

  • @carlobrotto7132

    @carlobrotto7132

    28 күн бұрын

    Because the strait is a strong seismic zone , impossible to build a tunnel over there.

  • @carlobrotto7132

    @carlobrotto7132

    28 күн бұрын

    Because the strict is a strong sysmic zone, impossible to build a tunnel over there.

  • @TheXZ111
    @TheXZ1116 ай бұрын

    why not a underwater multilevel tunnel?

  • @lukeinpolleg

    @lukeinpolleg

    Ай бұрын

    It would be too steep and long

  • @samorayee420
    @samorayee420Ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @federicorutolo1791
    @federicorutolo1791Ай бұрын

    It's not gonna happen.

  • @sgassocsg
    @sgassocsgАй бұрын

    We all know Italians can design, they are the best in the world. However, can they build reliably like the Germans? Anybody remember the last Italian bridge in Genoa?…..poor design and poor maintenance, or how about the cable car in Piedmont? Finally, why? Why build it? Ferry service is reliable and cheap. Just buy 20 more new and modern ferries and the capacity will meet demand. This looks like Vanity, not sensibility.

  • @flavioric

    @flavioric

    Ай бұрын

    Sicily needs to be linked to the continent, and not with ferries that with high waves don't even depart. The bridge will be an incentive for national and international investments, both regarding tourism and trade (EU is the first to want siciliy as a trade hub of the Mediterranean, due to its centrality). Its construction will mean that consequently sicily will receive high speed trains, like those that link Rome to Milan in 3hs, and will be able to cheaply trade and export to the rest of continental Europe. Just for turism, imagine those millions pale Germans, that really love travel by train, that every year come in Southern Italy to get the sun they don't get the rest of the year. It will be an economic boom for southern Italy. The other option is to leave them in a dying island. And nobody wants it.

  • @alvarofantucci979
    @alvarofantucci97928 күн бұрын

    Il ponte è una follia e inutile

  • @philliptaylor4544
    @philliptaylor4544Ай бұрын

    so sicily is actually part of africa?

  • @29brendus
    @29brendusАй бұрын

    I hereby call this bridge, from now on, the Spaghetti Bridge.

  • @electrickgigolo
    @electrickgigoloАй бұрын

    The narrator is super annoying. She’s emphasizing some words in the most cringe way. And don’t forget the vocal fry. 🙄

  • @lucijanpraprotnik
    @lucijanpraprotnik13 күн бұрын

    in my opinion there should be a floating tunnel instead! That's much safer and cheaper option!

  • @mintheman7
    @mintheman77 ай бұрын

    Why not a tunnel if wind is the main concern?

  • @Triplecenturies

    @Triplecenturies

    7 ай бұрын

    The depth of the strait would require the tunnel to start well inland at each end as to prevent a grade train cannot handle.

  • @bragee

    @bragee

    7 ай бұрын

    A tunnel in a seismic area sounds not recommendable

  • @user-lt4iv9ty1c
    @user-lt4iv9ty1c6 ай бұрын

    pm meloni don`t like ilegal immigrations from africa, soo world longest suspension bridges will never built in messina strait ever

  • @hacked2123
    @hacked21237 ай бұрын

    What about sea level rise

  • @marcoroldo1568

    @marcoroldo1568

    7 ай бұрын

    Not a problem, the bridge is 10 meters taller than Sea laws minimum

  • @user-lr8fv8xo8t
    @user-lr8fv8xo8t7 ай бұрын

    It became known which cities of the United States and the United Kingdom were not targeted by Russian missiles. In the UK, Edinburgh is such a city. Russia is confident that after a thermonuclear strike on the NATO bloc, civilization can still be revived in the British Isles. But she must become more peaceful. As for the United States, it is, as in the days of the Soviet Union, the ark on Lake Michigan, namely the city of Chicago and its agglomeration. Russia is confident that this ark will be a new beginning for the American-Canadian civilization. Which will be able to abandon the craving for world hegemony

  • @littlehippo5004

    @littlehippo5004

    6 ай бұрын

    who asked?

  • @flavioric

    @flavioric

    Ай бұрын

    Russia believed they could defeat Ukraine in 3 days... After 2 years they are still at the border 😂😂

  • @scottmarquardt3575
    @scottmarquardt35757 ай бұрын

    Rescue some of the poor construction workers in Dubai and give them one more $1 an hour and you could cut 1 billion of the 12. And get the best workers While working a robotic machine in San Jose I had a co-worker from Thailand doing the same thing next to me but I wasn't allowed to share info. Nicest guy in the world and I taught him how to say f*up f*up all the time. It was so funny but now I feel ashamed. This bridge can be called the Mussolini bridge or the f*up f*up bridge if it ends up costing 100 billion. Aa bad as the new high-speed 150 billion dollar homeless train between San Francisco and La

  • @maemilev

    @maemilev

    7 ай бұрын

    Dubai pay way better than most countries. But they will get rid of you as soon as you are useless.

  • @johnnyllooddte3415

    @johnnyllooddte3415

    7 ай бұрын

    rescue the palys and have them dig a tunnel

  • @thebattleofpelennorfieldsp6081
    @thebattleofpelennorfieldsp60817 ай бұрын

    The Mackinaw Bridge is five miles long

  • @Triplecenturies

    @Triplecenturies

    7 ай бұрын

    The Mighty Mac suspension bridge has a maximum span of only 3,800 feet. The current record is Turkey's Canakkale Bridge 6,637 feet. Currently under construction in China are three suspension bridges that will have spans exceeding 7,000 feet. One will be a double deck with 16 lanes total! The Strait of Messina Bridge will be 10,827 feet.

  • @benjoel
    @benjoel7 ай бұрын

    But... why can't they build a tunnel instead? ~ 2.5 KM long tunnel may not cost much.

  • @Djamonja

    @Djamonja

    7 ай бұрын

    It does depend how deep the water gets in that channel.

  • @cal7348

    @cal7348

    7 ай бұрын

    Because of earthquakes. Tunnel are more dangerous

  • @fb55255

    @fb55255

    7 ай бұрын

    everything has been explored and the bridge came out to be the cheapest and easiest to build. Tunnel doesn't work because of soil type and because if the fault line

  • @Triplecenturies

    @Triplecenturies

    7 ай бұрын

    Tunnel would need to be far longer than 2.5 KM due to the depth of the strait. It would need to start well inland at both ends as to allow a gentile enough grade for trucks and moreso for the trains.

  • @republicofhandball8815
    @republicofhandball8815Ай бұрын

    Suspension bridge is the most idealistic construction on Earth, the longer it is, the fragile it is. It's much cheaper then any other type of bridges. If I were them, I would rather make this link an underwater tunnel.

  • @ethannkyle

    @ethannkyle

    Ай бұрын

    impossible, the strait is insanely deep, and with massive faults running through, you would literally have a tunnel going through areas that would displace the ground meters if an earthquake were to happen, destroying the tunnel

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    @giandomenicomartorelli8069

    Ай бұрын

    @@ethannkyle You are right, even the underwater tunnel is not-feasible. We should realize that, for now, the technology to connect those lands doesn't exist.

  • @danieldanieldadada
    @danieldanieldadadaАй бұрын

    I can't believe there was no bridge there.

  • @GiambattistaRossi

    @GiambattistaRossi

    Ай бұрын

    why should be?

  • @danieldanieldadada

    @danieldanieldadada

    Ай бұрын

    @@GiambattistaRossi I think you can answer that question yourself.

  • @GiambattistaRossi

    @GiambattistaRossi

    Ай бұрын

    @@danieldanieldadada i ask you.... you are the superior .... so give us the light

  • @fa_le2143
    @fa_le2143Ай бұрын

    Cathedral in the desert.

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    No, they're spending 18 billions on each side of the bridge to connect it.

  • @otaggokcer6875
    @otaggokcer6875Ай бұрын

    why not underwater tunnel? perhaps, more expensive but safer. a tunnel over a fault line? we have a suspension bridge crosses over a very dangerous fault line (North Anatolian Fault) and an underwater tunnel next to the same fault line (Marmaray tunnel)

  • @hits_different
    @hits_different28 күн бұрын

    As an Italian, it is far too vulnerable and expensive IMO. It could turn out to be a very good way to flush tons of money

  • @maverickvgc4220

    @maverickvgc4220

    27 күн бұрын

    Vulnerabile a cosa? Se arriva un terremoto che lo tira giù il ponte è l'ultimo dei tuoi problemi, di Messina e Reggio Calabria resterebbero solo dei cumuli di macerie.

  • @user-lt6ke9hg8f
    @user-lt6ke9hg8fАй бұрын

    说到桥。。我毫无兴趣。。中国太多了。就像街上的汽车一样常见。中国的桥。。也许比全世界的桥加起来还多。

  • @MZMA85
    @MZMA856 ай бұрын

    A suspension bridge connecting both Africa and Europe is a dream for every Africans

  • @oqlassic8799
    @oqlassic87997 ай бұрын

    "World’s Longest Suspension Bridge"? Which part of that is the "longest"? Just the longest span? I thought there were already longer suspension bridges than this.

  • @riccardopannain5067

    @riccardopannain5067

    7 ай бұрын

    Longest suspension bridge for main span lenght. there are longer suspension bridges than this but only for total lenght

  • @Triplecenturies

    @Triplecenturies

    7 ай бұрын

    From an engineering standpoint, building a two mile span is far more challenging than a 100 mile long bridge... which exists in China to carry a high speed rail.

  • @oqlassic8799

    @oqlassic8799

    7 ай бұрын

    @@riccardopannain5067 They should change the titles. Kinda not true

  • @oqlassic8799

    @oqlassic8799

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Triplecenturies From a title standpoint, i think they should change the tile from longest bridge to longest span on the bridge or something like that.

  • @Triplecenturies

    @Triplecenturies

    6 ай бұрын

    @@oqlassic8799 It does get a bit confusing, but to those in the know, "World’s Longest Suspension Bridge" has for as long as I know has been the suspension bridge with the longest span. Because of the word "suspension", all that is considered is the suspended portion. The approaches leading up to the suspended portion are ho-hum, often short cookie-cutter spans of basic engineering. The Mackinac Bridge in Michigan often gets mentioned as being the longest suspension bridge and a length of five miles is given, but the actual elevated portion is only ~3.5 miles with another ~0.5 miles of causeway (earthen fill). Where the remaining mile comes from, I can only guess. Perhaps its 5 miles within the Mackinac Bridge Authority's jurisdiction?