General Information
| Name in local language: | Viadotto sul Polcevera, "Ponte Morandi" |
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| Beginning of works: | 1962 |
| Completion: | 4 September 1967 |
| Status: | collapsed (14 August 2018) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Multiple-span cable-stayed bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge Structurae Plus Structurae Plus |
Location
| Location: |
Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy |
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| Address: | A10 |
| Part of: | |
| Replaced by: |
Genova San Giorgio Viaduct (2020)
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| Coordinates: | 44° 25' 32" N 8° 53' 23" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length of side spans | 6 x 73.20 m | |
| total length | 1 102 m | |
| main spans | 202.50 - 207.90 - 142.65 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 4.00 m |
| deck width | 18.00 m | |
| pylons | pylon height (total) | 100.20 m |
| pylon height (above deck) | 45.40 m |
Materials
| cables |
prestressed concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck |
prestressed concrete
|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Chronology
| 14 August 2018 | The westernmost of the three pylons, the one nearest to the river, suddenly collapses in bad weather taking a significant portion of the deck as well as many cars and several trucks traveling across the bridge with it. |
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Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 368.
- (2001): Bridges with Multiple Cable-Stayed Spans. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 11, n. 1 (February 2001), pp. 61-82.
- (1977): Cable-Stayed Bridges. Theory and design. Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom), pp. 386.
- (2020): Collapse analysis of the Polcevera viaduct by the applied element method. In: Engineering Structures, v. 214 (July 2020), pp. 110659.
- (2018): Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives. In: Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, v. 12, n. 46 (September 2018), pp. 400-421.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000392 - Published on:
09/09/1999 - Last updated on:
29/04/2019