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On 14 August 2018, around 11:36 local time (09:36 UTC) a section of the Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge) in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, collapsed during a rainstorm, killing forty-three people. The remains were demolished in June 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later. [2]
The collapse led to a year-long state of emergency in the Liguria region, extensive analysis of the structural failure, [3] and widely varying assignment of responsibility. The remains of the original bridge were demolished in June 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later. [4]
MILAN (AP) — The latest developments following the deadly collapse of a highway bridge in Italy (all times local):
A bridge collapsed on Tuesday over the Italian port city of Genoa in what the transport minister said was likely to be "an immense tragedy." 'Dozens' feared dead after bridge collapses over Genoa ...
Italy marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of silence and demands for justice for the 43 people who died in what authorities say was an ...
The cause of the collapse was still under investigation more than two years later. Morandi's similar but smaller Wadi el Kuf Bridge, in Libya, was closed for 2 days in October 2017 for safety reasons. This was after inspections identified potential fractures in the bridge.
On the heels of the Morandi Bridge catastrophe in Genoa, Italy, which killed 43 people, AD looks at what went wrong and uncovers other at-risk bridges still in use Major Bridges Around the World ...
The Genoa Saint George Bridge [1] (Italian: Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio) [2] is a motorway viaduct that crosses the Polcevera river and the districts of Sampierdarena and Cornigliano, in the city of Genoa. It was designed by architect Renzo Piano. The bridge replaces the Ponte Morandi (Polcevera Viaduct), which partially collapsed on 14 August ...