MILAN, April 30, 2020 – Salini Impregilo bathes the new bridge in Genoa in the colours of the Italian flag as a tribute to the residents of the port city. It illuminates the project that has become a symbol for Italy by closing the gap that separated the two halves of the port city with the April 28 completion of the structure by Salini Impregilo and Fincantieri in 10 months of non-stop work. This is “Ponte Italia” (Bridge Italy), an expanse of tricolour light that, from Tuesday to Labour Day on May 1, Salini Impregilo uses to illuminate every evening the bridge along its entire length and every one of its 18 piers in the national flag’s colours, accompanying the laser beams that cross the bridge from above. The spectacle is accompanied by the sound of “Nessun Dorma” of the Turandot opera by Giacomo Puccini and the “Inno di Mameli” national anthem that is played in public squares across the city.

Salini Impregilo brought to the construction of the bridge all the experience and expertise it acquired during more than 100 years of building bridges across the globe for a total of 626 kilometres of bridges and viaducts.