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Polcevera Viaduct

General Information

Name in local language:	Viadotto sul Polcevera, "Ponte Morandi"
Beginning of works:	1962
Completion:	1968
Status:	collapsed

Structure:	Multiple-span cable-stayed bridge
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Material:	Prestressed concrete bridge

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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.

Design

Construction

Morandi, R. (1973): Construcción de puentes de hormigón pretensado, de gran luz, con tirantes homogeneizados. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 24, n. 109 (3rd Quarter 1973), pp. 95-116.
Sampò, Luca: Form and Structural Invention in the Work of Riccardo Morandi. Presented at: IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010, pp. 782.
Boucalet, André (1968): Le viaduc de la Polcevera sur l'autoroute Gênes-Savone. In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 44, n. 9-10 (September 1968), pp. 295-306.
Camomilla, Gabriele / Marioni, Agostino / Martinez y Cabrera, F. / Pisani, Francesco (1995): Repair of the stay cables of the Polcevera Viaduct in Genova, Italy. Presented at: Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995, pp. 535-540.
Imbesi, Guiseppe / Morandi, Maurizio / Moschini, Francesco (1991): Riccardo Morandi. Innovazione, Tecnologia, Progetto. Gangemi Editore, Rome (Italy), pp. 204-206.