Italia Viaduct
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| bridge_name = Italia Viaduct
| native_name = Viadotto Italia
| native_name_lang = Italian
| image = Viadotto Italia (2).png
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| carries = 25px Autostrada A2 (Italy)
| crosses = Lao River
| locale = Laino Borgo, Calabria, Italy
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| architect = Fabrizio de Miranda
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| design = Beam bridge
| material = Steel
| length = {{convert|1,120|m}}
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| height = {{convert|260|m}}
| mainspan = {{convert|175|m}}
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| open = 1974
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Italia Viaduct is a {{convert|260|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} viaduct near Laino Borgo, Calabria, Italy. It is the highest bridge in Italy, and was the second highest bridge in the world when it opened in 1974. {{As of|2019}}, it is among the forty highest bridges in the world. The bridge is located on Autostrada A2 Salerno-Reggio Calabria Motorway between Laino Borgo and Mormanno and crosses the Lao River Gorge.
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- {{cite web
|url=http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Italia_Viaduct
|title=Italia Viaduct Viadotto Italia Laino Borgo, Calabria, Italy
|publisher=highestbridges.com
|accessdate=2012-09-18
}}
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Category:Bridges completed in 1974
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