Malpertugio Viaduct
Malpertugio Viaduct
Viadotto Malpertugio
Sant' Ambrogio, Sicily, Italy
(400) feet high / (122) meters high
361 foot span / 110 meter span
1996
The tallest of several high viaducts on Italy’s breathtaking A20 motorway that opened in 2004 on the island of Sicily between Palermo and Messina, the twin structure Malpertugio Viaduct has several 110 meter spans perched on top of a parade of beautifully tapered piers.
The Malpertugio Bridge is one of 10 crossings along Italy's breathtaking A20 motorway that exceed 60 meters in height. All the structures are dual viaducts with main spans between 90 and 110 meters in length.
Completed in 2004, the A20 motorway connects Palermo and Messina along the Tyrrhenian coast punching in and out of numerous tunnels.
Malpertugio Viaduct satellite image.