General Information
| Other name(s): | Ponte Musmeci; Ponte sul Basento |
|---|---|
| Beginning of works: | Fall 1971 |
| Completion: | 22 May 1975 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Shell bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete bridge |
| Plan view: |
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| Construction method: |
In-situ casting on falsework |
Location
| Location: |
Potenza, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 40° 37' 40.50" N 15° 48' 20.16" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 58.8 m | |
| width | 16 m | |
| total length | 560 m | |
| shell thickness | 0.30 m | |
| deck | minimum height | 1.3 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | 920 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| shell |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The “ Viadotto dell’Industria” (Industry viaduct), also known as "Bridge over the Basento" river or Musmeci Bridge, connects Potenza city centre exit on the Sicignano-Potenza motorway with the main access roads in the southern part of the city, which is in Italy.
Designed by the Italian engineer Sergio Musmeci in 1967, and built between 1971 and 1976, the bridge perfectly incarnates Musmeci's architectural theories. The structure cost about 920.000.000 Italian liras (equivalent to €4.000.000 in 2016).
The structure's uniqueness is due to its construction: it is made of only one membrane of reinforced concrete (about 30 cm (1 ft) thick) molded to form four contiguous arches. The concrete sheet is shaped into a “finger-like” structure, which supports the whole bridge, and it is also used as a pedestrian walkway.
The bridge was built without using prefabricated elements, but only shuttering of concrete. Edilstrade Forlì-Castrocaro was the company that constructed the bridge.
Projects and planimetries are collected in the “Musmeci Sergio and Zanini Zenaide archive” which in 1997 was declared of great historical interest by the Archival superintendence of Lazio. Then in 2003, it was referred by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture as an example of architecture from the 20th century in the MAXXI (The National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome). In 2003, the bridge was declared a “monument of cultural interest” by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Musmeci Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2005): On the shaping and construction of footbridges with R/C shell structure. Presented at: Footbridge 2005 (Second International Congress), Venezia, 06-08 December 2005.
- (2003): Il ponte e la città. Sergio Musmeci a Potenza. Gangemi Editore, Rome (Italy), ISBN 978-8849204193, pp. 80.
- (1977): Ponte sul Basento a Potenza. In: L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, n. 2 ( 1977), pp. 77–98.
- (2016): Revisiting the form finding techniques of Sergio Musmeci: The bridge over the Basento river. Presented at: 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture Conference (ICSA2016), School of Architecture, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal (July 2016), pp. 543-550.
- (2014): Shell supported curved footbridges. Presented at: Footbridge 2014 - Past, Present & Future, London, 16-18 July 2014.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20070687 - Published on:
09/02/2016 - Last updated on:
10/11/2023
