明石海峡大桥曾享有世界上最长吊桥的美誉，但由于墨西拿海峡（the Strait of Messina）桥的出现，前者的头衔将要不保了。墨西拿海峡桥连接着西西里岛和意大利的本土部分。
双语例句
1
Montgomery slipped two divisions across thestraitofmessina one night against no resistance.
蒙哥马利于某晚以两个师偷越墨西拿海峡，并未遭遇抵抗。
2
This is very apt, except in one respect: Scylla and Charybdis mark the entrance to the dangerous waters oftheStraitofMessina and are in Italy"."
这非常地贴切，除了这一点：斯库拉与卡律布狄斯标志着墨西拿海峡危险水域的出口，而那却是在意大利”。
3
The plan proposes the establishment of a regional bank, and a development of plans to build a bridge over theStraitofMessina, between Sicily and mainland Italy.