BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and Denmark agreed on Friday to build a 20 kilometre bridge linking the two countries across the Baltic Sea in what would be one of the largest infrastructure projects undertaken in Europe. 

German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee and his Danish counterpart Flemming Hansen said the countries had reached an agreement on the project, which is due to cost about 5.6 billion euros ($7.53 billion), most of which Denmark will shoulder.