page_title: Ponte Morandi
hierarchical_section_title: Ponte Morandi
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Panorama dal santuario di Nostra Signora Incoronata verso il ponte Morandi dell'autostrada A10, Coronata, Genova, Liguria, Italia
context_page_description: Ponte Morandi, officially Viadotto Polcevera, was a road viaduct in Genoa, constructed between 1963 and 1967 along Italy's A10 motorway over the river Polcevera, from which it derived its official name. The bridge is widely called "Ponte Morandi" after its structural designer, the noted engineer Riccardo Morandi.
  The bridge was an engineering and architectural landmark since its construction. It connected Genoa's Sampierdarena and Cornigliano districts across the Polcevera valley. It also provided a critical artery of European route E80, linking Italy and France.
  When a 210 metres section of the viaduct collapsed during a rainstorm on 14 August 2018, 43 people died — leading to a yearlong state of emergency in the Liguria region, extensive analysis of the structural failure and widely varying assignment of responsibility.
  The remains of the original bridge were demolished in August 2019. The replacement bridge, the Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio was inaugurated in August 2020.
context_section_description: Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge), officially Viadotto Polcevera (English: Polcevera Viaduct), was a road viaduct in Genoa (Italy), constructed between 1963 and 1967 along Italy's A10 motorway over the river Polcevera, from which it derived its official name. The bridge is widely called "Ponte Morandi" after its structural designer, the noted engineer Riccardo Morandi.
  The bridge was an engineering and architectural landmark since its construction. It connected Genoa's Sampierdarena and Cornigliano districts  across the Polcevera valley.  It also provided a critical artery of European route E80, linking Italy and France.
  When a 210 metres (690 ft) section of the viaduct collapsed during a rainstorm on 14 August 2018, 43 people died — leading to a yearlong state of emergency in the Liguria region, extensive analysis of the structural failure and widely varying assignment of responsibility.
  The remains of the original bridge were demolished in August 2019. The replacement bridge, the Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio ("Genoa-Saint George Viaduct") was inaugurated in August 2020.
caption: Ponte Morandi in 2010, viewed from west
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