General Information
| Name in local language: | Ponte dei Scalzi |
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| Beginning of works: | 4 May 1932 |
| Completion: | 28 October 1934 |
| Duration of works: | 29 months |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Segmental arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Material: |
Masonry bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Cannaregio, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy Santa Croce, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 45° 26' 28" N 12° 19' 22" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 7 m | |
| total length | 55 m | |
| arch | rise | 6.75 m |
| rise:span | 1:6 | |
| span | 40.40 m | |
| thickness | 0.80 - 1.30 m |
Quantities
| stonework | 531 m³ | |
| foundations | concrete volume | 3 411 m³ |
| reinforcing steel | 223.9 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | 2 550 000 |
Materials
| foundations |
reinforced concrete
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| arch |
stone
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Ponte degli Scalzi (or Ponte dei Scalsi, in Venetian; literally, "bridge of the barefoot [monks]"), is one of only four bridges in Venice, Italy, to span the Grand Canal.
The bridge connects the sestieri of Santa Croce and Cannaregio. On the north side, Cannaregio, are the Chiesa degli Scalzi (Church of the Barefoot or Discalced Monks) and the Santa Lucia (Ferrovia) railway station. The south side is the sestiere of Santa Croce.
Designed by Eugenio Miozzi, it was completed in 1934, replacing an Austrian iron bridge. It is a stone arch bridge.
Ponte degli Scalzi is located close to the site of construction of the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal, popularly known as Ponte di Calatrava although it was formally inaugurated as the Ponte della Costituzione. Construction was delayed in part due to controversy over its modern style, but the basic span was finally in place on August 11, 2007, and the bridge was opened for public use on September 11, 2008. This bridge is closer to the bus station than the Scalzi bridge.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ponte degli Scalzi" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2010): Bridges in Venice - Architectural and Structural Engineering aspects. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, pp. 812-813.
- (1984): Buiding bridges. History, Technology, Construction. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany).
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 292.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002237 - Published on:
10/11/2001 - Last updated on:
10/06/2023
