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This bridge, built in the 1960s, is still the tallest in Italy.
The A2 motorway (formerly A3) is the main road connecting Calabria to the rest of Italy. It passes through rugged terrain, among mountains and valleys, that always made it difficult to connect the region to other parts of the country. One of the main works that form part of the motorway is the Italia Viaduct (Viadotto Italia) that crosses the Lao River Gorge in Northern Calabria, between the towns of Laino Borgo and Laino Castello. The bridge was constructed between 1966 and 1969, it rests on 19 concrete pylons and it has an overall length of 0.72 miles (1.16 kilometers).
