Ponte Morandi
Also known as Polcevera Viaduct
1967
Modernism
bridge
The Polcevera Viaduct, universally known as the Ponte Morandi after its designer, carried the A10 motorway across the Polcevera valley and rail yards in western Genoa. Built between 1963 and 1967 by the engineer Riccardo Morandi, it was…
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Timeline
- 1967
Riccardo Morandi
- 2018-2019
A pylon and roughly 210 meters of deck collapsed during a storm on 14 August 2018, killing 43 people, the surviving stumps were demolished in 2019.
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- Rosa Mauro · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo2023 · CC BY 4.0
- Ministero dell'interno · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Michele Ferraris · Public domain
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