Caprigliola bridge collapse
The bridge of Caprigliola was also known as the Albiano bridge, the Albiano Magra bridge or the Ponte di Albiano Magra.
Caprigliola bridge collapse | |
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1914 postcard of the bridge | |
| Coordinates | 44°10′26.4″N 09°55′31.7″E |
| Owner | ANAS |
| Heritage status | First reinforced concrete bridge constructed in Italy |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Width | 7.2 m (24 ft) |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft) |
| No. of spans | 5 |
| Piers in water | 4 |
| History | |
| Architect | Prof. Attilio Muggia |
| Designer | Prof. Attilio Muggia and Ing. Nino Ferrari |
| Constructed by | Ing. Nino Ferrari Impresa Costruzioni Generali Srl |
| Construction start | 1906 |
| Construction end | 1908 |
| Opened | October 1908 |
| Inaugurated | 11 October 1908 |
| Rebuilt | 1945–1949 after being mined by the German Wehrmacht in 1945 |
| Collapsed | 8 April 2020 |
| Location | |
On 8 April 2020 at 10:25 am local time (8:25 UTC), the 260-metre (850 ft) long road bridge on Italian state highway SS330 near the town of Aulla between the villages of Caprigliola and Albiano Magra near La Spezia collapsed into the Magra river. The traffic on the bridge was unusually light due to the coronavirus quarantine then in force, and the collapse caused only minor injuries to two truck drivers.
There were reports that a gas pipeline had been damaged by the collapse; the pipeline was quickly isolated by Italgas.
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