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The traffic also wouldn't justify the extreme cost of building and maintaining such a huge bridge. Sicilian exports can still be ferried by sea, the only major Sicilian exports are olive oil, wine and maybe lemons, low value goods with a relatively long shelf life.
Basically no industry or resources there. Everything gets shipped to Genova and then continues on rail from there.
Tourists mainly arrive by plane and the bridge would have to be suspended, easily the largest ever built. Ideally also carrying rail traffic.
On top Sicilian infrastructure isn't great, there would have to be huge investments in that area first.
Maybe this will happen someday but it's just not necessary at the moment.
Comment by Neomataza at 11/03/2025 at 07:53 UTC
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Basically no industry or resources there.
Ah, so no one wants to enter Sicily except the people already there. And those do not want to leave either.
Comment by crambeaux at 11/03/2025 at 11:44 UTC
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Plus there are train ferries. The trains wagons are loaded onto the ferries that have tracks. I remember getting lost on a school trip trying to find the right wagon as we were arriving. I’d had too much birra Peroni and had to pass under a number of wagons before I found the right one.