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NewsColony Final section of new Genoa bridge slots into place two years after 43 were killed when it collapsed A final section of the new Genoa bridge was slotted into place on Tuesday, two years after 43 people were killed when a colossal stretch of the highway collapsed. Italy ‘s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stood beneath the gleaming structure and took solace in its completion amid the coronavirus pandemic which has wiped out nearly 27,000 of his people. ‘This cannot be a day of celebration. But today a new light shines on Italy,’ Conte said as flags fluttered around him. The new bridge ‘symbolises the whole of Italy. An Italy that can rise up again, that will roll up its sleeves, that will not allow itself to be beaten,’ he added.   A siren sounded as the last vast section of deck was put in place and one side of Liguria’s Polcevera valley was finally reconnected with the other, and ships in Genoa’s port sounded their horns in reply.  A fin...