Ponte Coperto | |
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| Coordinates | 45°10′51″N 9°09′12″E / 45.180739°N 9.153258°E |
| Crosses | Ticino |
| Locale | Pavia, Italy |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | stone and brick deck arch bridge[1] |
| Total length | 216 metres (709 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1949 |
| Construction end | 1951 |
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The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the river Ticino in Pavia, Italy.
The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a Roman construction), was heavily damaged by Allied action in 1945. A debate on whether to fix or replace the bridge ended when the bridge partially collapsed in 1947, requiring new construction, which began in 1949. The new bridge is based on the previous one, which had seven arches to the current bridge's five.[2]
The current bridge, like its predecessor, bears a chapel. The Ponte Coperto was, until the nineteenth century, the only brick bridge over the Ticino from Lake Maggiore to its confluence with the Po.[3]
- ^ Ponte Coperto at Structurae
- ^ American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2007). Bridges 2008 (calendar). Reston, Virginia: ASCE. pp. May featured bridge. ISBN 978-0-7844-0945-9.
- ^ Romanoni, Fabio (2023). La guerra d’acqua dolce. Navi e conflitti medievali nell’Italia settentrionale. Bologna: Clueb. p. 83. ISBN 8831365533. Retrieved 30 August 2023.