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A 1989 British study showed that the majority of expansion joints surveyed in existing bridges had failed and allowed water (and hence salt) ingress. [1] The movement experienced at the abutment in an integral bridge is an order of magnitude greater than those designed with movement joints.
The Bridge of Tiberius (Italian: Ponte di Tiberio), historically also the Bridge of Augustus (Ponte d'Augusto) or the Bridge of Saint Julian (Ponte di San Giuliano), [1] [2] [3] is a Roman bridge in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
The Ponte della Costituzione (English: Constitution Bridge) is the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava , and was moved into place in 2007 (connecting Stazione di Santa Lucia to Piazzale Roma ), amid protest by politicians and the general public.
This list of bridges in Italy lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and ...
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
Giorgio Vasari attributed the design to an architect by the name of Lapo Tedesco, the architect of the Bargello. [1] 17th-century print of Bridge, with houses, looking North. In 1346, two of the arches in the Oltrarno neighborhood were filled up to extend the bank, leaving the seven arch structure seen in a 17th-century print on this page.
Masonry bridges represent a distinct category of arch bridges, distinguished by their tendency to experience supporting reactions on the abutments that tend to push them apart. The materials used for the arches are cut stones, exhibiting high compression resistance but limited flexion flexibility.
The Trezzo Bridge was built between 1370 and 1377 by order of the lord of Milan Bernabò Visconti. [2] Fortified with towers, it provided access to the Visconti Castle high above the Adda. [ 2 ] During a siege in 1416, the condottiero Carmagnola deliberately caused the structure to collapse by weakening one of its abutments .