The collapse of a section of Genoa’s Morandi bridge on Tuesday has been described by Italian officials as “the biggest tragedy involving a bridge of this importance in Europe in decades” – leaving tourists heading to the region, and the country at large, with worrying questions. Why did the bridge collapse? We don’t know yet. Lack of maintenance, structural failure and severe weather were all factors that could have contributed to the catastrophic collapse of the Genoa motorway bridge. At least 38 people died when a 650-foot portion of it disintegrated yesterday morning during an intense thunderstorm and torrential rain. A report published in 2011 by the Italian highways agency said the concrete bridge, finished in 1967 and designed by celebrated Italian engineer Riccardo Morandi, who died in 1989, carried heavy volumes of traffic and needed constant maintenance. Approximately 25 million vehicles use the Morandi bridge every year, raising concerns that its structural integrity had deteriorated over time. However, a senior manager from Autostrade per l’Italia said the bridge’s collapse was impossible to predict and it was too early to determine what caused it. “The collapse was unexpected and unpredictable. The bridge was constantly monitored, even more than was foreseen by the law,” Stefano… Read full this story
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