Completed in 1995, it shattered the record for cable-stayed bridges, with a span of 856 m (2,808 ft).
As of 95, this was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
Off the right transept, the recently restored San Brizio Chapel (a.k.a. Cappella Nuova) is famous for the 1447 frescoes covering the ceiling by Fra Angelico Christ in Glory and by Luca Signorelli (around 1500) on the walls.