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font-weight: 600; text-transform: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/faq-domande-frequenti-ponte-sullo-stretto-di-messina\/#sez1\">Il progetto tecnico del Ponte sullo Stretto di Messina<\/a><\/h3><\/li><li><h3 style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; text-transform: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/faq-domande-frequenti-ponte-sullo-stretto-di-messina\/#sez2\">Tappe del progetto e i ruoli<\/a><\/h3><\/li><li><h3 style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; text-transform: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/faq-domande-frequenti-ponte-sullo-stretto-di-messina\/#sez3\">Aspetti economico sociali<\/a><\/h3><\/li><li><h3 style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; text-transform: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/faq-domande-frequenti-ponte-sullo-stretto-di-messina\/#sez4\">Gli espropri<\/a><\/h3><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1260c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2d1260c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a5d287 animated-fast e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a5d287\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a67ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4a67ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Coastal movements are minimal and do not impact the stability of the Bridge.<br \/><\/strong>The Strait of Messina is a stretch of sea approximately 33 kilometers long, with a width varying from about 3.1 kilometers at its narrowest point to a maximum of 16 kilometers.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/stretto-di-messina-widening-of-the-strait-is-a-well-known-phenomenon-and-not-relevant-for-the-feasibility-of-the-bridge\/\"><strong>The Sicilian and Calabrian coasts experience a slow and slight process of mutual receding and uplifting<\/strong><\/a>, a phenomenon that has been extensively analyzed and deemed irrelevant for the purpose of this project. Studies conducted by the Department of Earth Sciences at La Sapienza University of Rome and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), utilizing data from the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) of the RING-INGV network (National Integrated GPS Network, which continuously monitors ground deformation), show that the relative movement between the two sites selected for the Bridge pylons (Calabria and Sicily) is less than 1 millimeter per year. This movement is technically negligible and does not affect the stability of the infrastructure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5254d18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5254d18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566102e elementor-align-center elementor-button-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"566102e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/faq-frequently-asked-questions-messina-strait-bridge\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n                \t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal movements are minimal and do not impact the stability of the Bridge.The Strait of Messina is a stretch of sea approximately 33 kilometers long, with a width varying from about 3.1 kilometers at its narrowest point to a maximum of 16 kilometers.The Sicilian and Calabrian coasts experience a slow and slight process of mutual &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/faq-frequently-asked-questions-messina-strait-bridge\/is-it-true-that-the-sicilian-and-calabrian-coasts-are-drifting-apart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IS IT TRUE THAT THE SICILIAN AND CALABRIAN COASTS ARE DRIFTING APART?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19799,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19991","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19991"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28019,"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19991\/revisions\/28019"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strettodimessina.it\/web\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}