Monstrous catastrophe in Italy. Not far from Genoa collapsed the bridge for which the motorway passes. Apparently, it is a span of about 100 meters long. He collapsed right at home. In addition, at the time of collapse on the bridge there were about 20 cars.

Now expands a large-scale rescue operation. According to official data, which leads to the Deputy Transport of Italy, died at least seven people. But local media report that dozens of victims can be.

It is already known that rescuers managed to pull out somewhat survivors from dawn. There is also information that the collapsing structures damaged the gas pipeline, leakage began.

Concerning possible causes catastrophe. One of the main versions is the drawdown of structures, probably due to the protracted rains. The region has an orange weather hazard level.

At least 11 people died as a result of the collapse of the fleet of the automotive bridge - a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Italy called such a figure on the air of the local TV channel. According to other data, the victims are dozens. From a height of a hundred meters straight at home, about 20 cars collapsed. Now expands a large-scale rescue operation. As reported in Rosturism, data on affected Russians - no.

"Monstrous tragedy. An epochal scale, "is the entire reaction of the Italian authorities for what happened in Genoa, and these four words uttered two different officials, but the essence of what is happening they transmit exhaustively. There is very little information, it will come, and it will still have to comprehend. Now it is clear only that it was a nightmare.

At the A10 motorway collapsed a huge span of the car bridge of Morandi, he was named after the Italian engineer of Riccardo Morandi who lived in the last century, known for his bridge projects. It happened around noon local time (in Moscow was an hour of day). The bridge has no longer a section at least 100-200 meters long. Movement, naturally, is blocked - just for nothing.

The victims of the tragedy, according to ambulance doctors, were dozens of people, people and cars fell from Statercore height. In addition to residential buildings, located next to the bridge, and the parking lot, which was under it. According to the same data, during the collapse on the bridge there were many cars, on others, on the contrary, the movement was not very intense due to summer holidays And bad weather - the rain pours in Genoa all day.

There are several dozen rescuers at the place of the tragedy, including kinologists are looking for people under the rubble. Several people have already pulled out of fascinated cars. Local authorities suggest that the cause of the collapse could be the weakening of the supporting structures. But the analysis of flights is later, now the main parsing of the rules. And that is no less serious - further monitoring of the situation: according to the Rai-24 TV channel, the collapse has led to damage to gas pipes and gas leakage.

Italian bridge - single-pool metal pedestrian bridge Through the Griboyedov Canal (previously - Catherine Canal) in the Central District of St. Petersburg. It connects Kazan and Spassky Island. Design type - beam. Material - steel. The total length is 19.66 m. Bridge width - 3 m.

The Italian bridge is perfectly visible from the intersection of the Nevsky Prospect and the Griboyedov Canal. It is located about the middle of the distance between the Savior-Blood Cathedral (Church of the Resurrection of Christ) and Nevsky Prospect. The bridge is a continuation of the Italian street. Above the flow is the new-stable bridge, below.

At the beginning of the XVIII century on the left bank of the Fontanka River, a palace was built on the model of Italian entertainment homes, it was called Italian. It was intended for the Assemblies. The garden called Italian, with greenhouses and greenhouses, stretched to Znamenskaya Street (Sovr. Uprising Street). It is this garden that gave the name of the street running along it. At first she was called Sadovaya Italian, then - with a small Italian. Another street that went to the right bank of the Fontanka opposite the Italian palace was the name of Big Italian. In 1902, the small Italian was renamed Zhukovsky to the street, large Italian became simply Italian. And on the site of a time-based Italian bridge at the time there was a pipe crossing.

In 1896, a young engineer, a graduate of the Institute of Railways L.N. Kolpitsyn offered to build a pedestrian bridge at the site of the boat (talodnoe) break. However, the urban government proposal did not support. But L.N. Kolpitsyn for his funds and in his project built a single-prupt wooden bridge With supports on the granite walls of embankments of the canal, which joined a large and small Italian streets.

The plenty structure consisted of 10 milk-nailed diagonal system farms, the span in the light was 19.7 m. The base for the bridge was the waterfront wall. The web of the crossing was raised above the level of the embankment by 1.4 meters for a convenient passage of vessels, at both ends of the bridge were built stone stairs (this scheme was preserved and understood). An innovation for the bridge buildings of that time was to use xylolite slabs for paving the bridge blades (xylolite - "wood-stone", xylolith - artificial building material consisting of a mixture of wood sawdust, chips and vegetable garbage with magnesium cement and chlorine-oxidine ).

The construction of the bridge did L.N. Kolpitsyn at 3,000 rubles. On October 6, 1896, the solemn opening of the Italian bridge took place. City authorities bridge accepted, but refused to compensate for the young miner engineer spent on the construction of the fund. L.N. Kolpitsyn wanted to make a pass through the bridge paid and take with passers-by 1 kopeck, but he was denied by the authorities. As a result, a young engineer simply gave the bridge in the city.

In 1902, the bridge was rebuilt on the project of the architect K. Baald with the replacement of xylolite plates of the boarded floor: with 37-mm tongue board.

In 1911 - 1912, the bridge was rebuilt on the project of the engineer K.V. Efimieva. The new bridge was a broken, sub-vehicle system, supported wooden piles in two mutually perpendicular directions. The span of it decreased to 9.1 m.

In 1937, the bridge was overharaled for laying between his runs of two heat pipes and electrical networks. Now the Italian Bridge performed the function of the heat pipe and the pedestrian bridge at the same time. Judging by the 1946 document, the length of the bridge was 18.4 m, the width between the railings is 2.07 m, the opening of the bridge is 8.5 m; Wrought iron railings had a simple drawing.

In 1955, a new metal single-strength bridge was built in connection with the emergency condition of the bridge and overhaul of the embankments of Griboyedov's embankments. The project in the style of Stalinsky classicism was developed at the Lengiproject Institute of Architect V.S. Vasilkovsky and engineer A.D. Guitzight. It was then that the Italian bridge acquired his modern appearance.

In 2002, the Italian bridge once again transformed. Specialists of St. Petersburg "Lensweet", developed and carried out the highlight of the bridge on an individual project. Now the bridge is illuminated at the same time four light sources, emanating from spotlights installed on special racks.

The bridge has a steel beamy span of curvilinear outlines. The carrier elements of the plenty are two welded main beams with a curvilinear outline of the lower belt. The supports of the main beams are the retaining walls of the embankments of the canal. The minimum height of the beams in the middle of a span is 0.7 m, due to the dimensions of the heat pipes placed under the coating design. Cross-links serve reverse semirarations, whose riglias carry a longitudinal average 2-way beam. From above, the span structure is blocked by reinforced concrete boards. Covering part of the side of the bridge asphalt concrete. The length of the bridge is 19.66 m; Width - 3 m; Estimated span - 19.5 m; The distance between the axes of the main beams is 2.39 m.

The decor of the bridge is not original, but diverse and has high artistic qualities. The decorations are filled in the style of the elements of the bridges decor built in the first half of the XIX century. The perile fence of the cast-iron artistic casting, it ends with granite stands with metal lamps with stylized classicism with lanterns stylized under Russian lanterns (very similar flooring on the green bridge through the sink). They turned out to be so successfully stylized that in 1993 three of them were stolen, probably for sale as antiques. In 1996, the "Venetian" lanterns and perile fence were renovated.

The bridge rail sections are made of vertical round rods with peculiar capitals in the form of drop-down buds and are decorated with cast-iron oval racks with overhead elements: round shields with crossed stylized swords, longitudinal peaks with sprigs strung acacia. Shields are decorated with Soviet five-pointed stars, without which no decoration of that time was done! According to the composition, the nature and content of the bridge fence is largely close to classic samples, although they are made in the middle manner of the middle of the XX century.

The facade sides of the main beams are also decorated in the same way as it was accepted in the era of classicism, but in other means. Instead of the sculptural ornament of an animal or vegetable character, the architect resorted to the separation of the fields of beams on curved arcs into three bands, resembling the separation of the antablement of classical buildings to architev, frieze and eaves. The upper and lower bands are decorated with various architectural details.

The Italian bridge is very organically entered into the surrounding city environment and probably because the Italian bridge was chosen for filming the episode of the film "Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia": during the excavations allegedly destroyed the statues of Lviv, which in fact near the Italian bridge had never happened.

Life always boils on the Italian bridge: street musicians and artists, begging and just tourists hurry to capture themselves against the background of a well-opening view of the cathedral.

Bridge is cultural Heritage Russian Federation, Object number 7802241000.

Address: St. Petersburg, Channel Embankment Griboyedova, 11.
The nearest metro station (300 m) is Nevsky Prospect, exit to the Griboyedov Canal.

The Italian Bridge will be transferred through the Griboyedov Channel in the Italian street, below the newly stable and above the Kazan Bridge. This is a single-prupt pedestrian bridge in the background of the rear edges of the mains 22.5 meters and 3 meters wide.

The transfusion of the Metallic Balaxy, the Walls of the Embankment of the Griboyedov Channel serve. From above, the span structure is blocked by reinforced concrete plates. Heat pipes are hidden under the construction of the bridge.

The bridge is decorated in the drawings depicting the St. Petersburg crossing of the era of classicism. The cast iron railing of art casting is completed on the grounds of granite couches. The crossing is decorated with 4 lamps with octal openwork lanterns. The facades and bases of the lamps are decorated with cast-iron cast reliefs.

History of the bridge

Italian street received its name from the Italian palace built on the left bank of the Fontanka River in the 1730s (now there is one of the buildings of the Russian national Library). The street took place from the fountain embankment to the Ekaterininsky Canal embankment and at the end of the XIX century was called Big Italian.

In 1896, the Young Engineer of the Communications Leonid Kolpitsyn offered to build a pedestrian bridge in the target of the Italian street through the Catherine Canal. The offer did not find support from the city authorities, and the engineer built a crossing of his own funds.

It was an elegant single-span "flipping" bridge, which served the granite walls of the embankment. The length of the plenty of interest was 19.7 meters.

The bridge was raised above the promenade of 1.4 meters for a convenient passage of ships and on both sides is equipped with staircase descents on the embankment. With the pavement of the bridge, the material was applied to that time - xylolite plates.

The construction of the bridge did L.N. Kompitsin at 3500 rubles. Urban authorities expressed his gratitude engineer, but refused to compensate for the cost of construction. Also, the authorities did not support his idea to make a pass through the bridge paid, 1 kopeck with a person. In the end, Kolpitsyn just gave the bridge in the city.

In 1902, xylolite plates were replaced by a boardwalk, reconstruction was carried out according to the project K.V. Baldi. In 1911-1912, the bridge was rebuilt completely on the project engineer K.V. Efimieva. The new bridge became a broomage, the beam-duct system on the pile supports.

New repair of the crossing was carried out in 1937 for laying two heat pipes. The bridge was rebuilt in the tree, retaining the former design. According to documents 1946, the length of the Italian bridge was 18.4 meters, width - 2.07 meters; Wrought iron railings had a simple drawing.

Modern Italian Bridge built in 1955 on the draft Lengiproinzhproekt Institute, its authors - Engineer A.D. Guetzite and architect VS Vasilkovsky. At this time, the walls of the embankments were again supported, the crossing of the crossing was asphalted. The bridge was decorated in the style of the second halves XIX. century. On four supports, lamps were installed with stylized lamps stylized.

In 1969, work was carried out on the gilding of architectural details of the bridge, and in 1996 the restoration of the "Venetian" lamps and perile fence took place.

Additional Information

From the Italian bridge overlooking the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, known as Savior-on-blood. He was erected at the end of the XIX century in memory of the Emperor-liberator Alexander the second. On March 1, 1881, here, on the Ekaterini channel embankment, an attempt was made to the emperor, who died from the injuries. Hence the name of the cathedral, in which the spilled tsarist blood is meant.

From the Italian bridge in good weather Frequently playing street musicians, which makes this place of the city is extremely attractive for calm hiking.

We have prepared our selection of the most beautiful and unusual bridges Italy, for each of which at least once in life it is worth walking, taking the hand of a loved one.

10. Bridge Tiberius. RIMINI

One of the oldest bridges on the territory of modern Italy was erected in another twenties of our era. Of course, the construction does not boast of an unusual decor, but from the point of view of engineering art, the bridge is unique: just imagine how much he survived for his almost 2000 years of history.

By the way, during World War II, the Germans were rolled through the bridge the fighting guns, but even this construction was not damaged, in the word, the Tiberius Bridge is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the fastest bridges of Italy.

9. Bridge of sighs. VENICE

The romantic name of the bridge actually pays an ominous meaning. Although in Venice and there is a beautiful legend that the bridge of the sighs received his name for the fact that the followers of Casanova were engaged in love in the old days in the famine in Gondolas, in fact, everything was wrong.

This bridge connects the palace of music with a local prison, and sad breaths have made lovers who are not vacated by caresses, and convicts sent along the bridge in prison cells and gave the last sad look at the beauty of Venice. Nevertheless, today the bridge of sigh, built in 1602 by Antonio Conti, is a beautiful example of baroque architecture.

8. Devil Bridge. Cividale del Friuli

The massive bridge was erected on the shepherd shores of the stormy river Natizone; Wide and durable, he like silent burial hangs over forever restless water.

According to the legend, a powerful stone bridge is built by Lucifer himself, to which the residents promised in exchange for the construction of the construction of those who are the first to go to the bridge.

In the photo: General view of the Devil Bridge

When the bridge was built, an animal was released on him, and as a result, the devil remained with anything.

7. Ponte Vecchio. Bassano del Grappa

A small town in northern Italy Bassano del Grappa is famous not only to the fact that there is a grappa, cultivate white asparagus and create an amazing beauty of the product from ceramics, but also with their bridge that received the name of Ponte Vecchio, which means: "Old Bridge".

The bridge is half wooden, half-stone, made of wood supports, roof and decorative elements of the structure. Another pleasant moment, in the evenings of Ponte Vecchio - the main part of the town.

In the photo: View from Ponte Vecchio, Bassanoy del Grappa

On both sides of the bridge are small bars, where residents of Bassano buy PRITCs and a local aperitif "Mezzo E Mezzo", consisting by 50% of the red liqueur and another 50% of herbal tincture, and after diluted with water. There is no drink on the bridge, but is welcomed, because youth and hangs on the clock, admiring the captivating species, opening with Ponte Vecchio.

6. Gaila Bridge in Neopaoltan Gulf

Gaila - two small islands, which are rocks protruding from the waters of the Neanaltian bay. They are connected to an unusual suspended stone bridge, which keeps in the air, it would seem, contrary to the laws of physics.

On one island - Villa, the second is uninhabited. However, Villa is also empty for many years since local residents We are confident that the curse is above it: all the owners of the villa or died terrible death, Or ruined, or went crazy. Although the bridge is considered to be strong, only the most desperate travelers are solved along it.

5. Bridge of the Academy. VENICE

The only Wooden Bridge of Venice, created by the architect Miozzi in 1934, did not like the inhabitants of the city. He was considered too modern and not corresponding to the appearance of the city on the water.

However, the Academy Bridge was conceived as a kind of temporary solution, it was built in return to the steel bridge located at this place, and the Venetians sincerely believed that soon the unusual wooden design would be replaced by a familiar stone bridge. But the years went, accustomed to the bridge, and now Ponte Dell'Accademia is another symbol of the city. The only, wooden design, percked through the Grand Canal, with difficulty withstands the crowd of tourists (especially during the carnival).

In 1985, the first bridge of the Academy was already demolished and replaced with a new one, however, the new bridge was one to one as his predecessor, and now the Venice authorities are seriously thinking over the next reconstruction of the construction.

4. Ponte Pietra. Verona

The stone arched bridge, erected in the first century BC, Roman architects and wearing the name of the marmaus in ancient times.

With Ponte Pietra opens one of best species At the stormy river Adige, Hills and Villa Verona, and the bridge itself looks very cinematic. In 1945 during retreat german army Ponte Pietra was completely destroyed, but after the war it was restored.

Now the tourists and kissing couples like others like to be photographed on the bridge.

3. Ponte Vecchio. FLORENCE

Ponte Vecchyu, that is, "old bridge, in this case one hundred percent speaking name. This is the most old bridge in Florence, it was erected back in 1345 on the project of the architect Nery-Di-Firanhavati.

In the houses built on the bridge, the shops of the butchers were originally located, but for more than five centuries, as jewelers survived the butchers from here. Now in the shops on Ponte Vecchi, it is increasingly possible to find not the works of jewelry art, but the golden crafts of the tourist orientation, but the appearance of the bridge is worthy of the attention of all and everyone. However, admire Ponte Vecchio better from the shore, on the bridge itself always a pussy.

2. Rialto Bridge. VENICE

Rialto is not even a bridge, it is the same symbol of Venice as horses on the Cathedral of San Marco, the Palace of the Doge and the fierce winged lion. The bridge in the form of the Arch, folded from the light stone, was built in the sixteenth century on the project of the architect Antonio de Ponte (by the way, his last name in translation from Italian and means "bridge") and reached our days in a completely unchanged form.

On Rialto, as in the days of the gallant century, shops selling everyone in the world are open, and near the bridge - the bars in which the locals love to look in order to skip the Boxer of the Sprittz during an evening aperitif.

Rialto Bridge is mentioned in the play of Shakespeare "Venetian merchant" and appears in the memoirs of Casanov. The greatest Venetian adventurer wrote that in the mornings to the market near Rialto, they loved to come noble Lord to demonstrate their shabby external speciesAs far as stormy and obscene they spent the previous night.

1. Bridge of the Holy Angel. ROME

Constructed in the 139th of our era of the Roman Emperor Adrian Bridge across the Tiber River became famous in the fifteenth century after a sad case: the design could not stand the crowd of pilgrims heading to St. Peter's Cathedral, and the bridge railing collapsed.

After that, a triumphal arch was removed from the bridge, and his railing was decorated with the statues of angels, which and today silently look at tourists who came to the Eternal City. By the way, the idea of \u200b\u200bdecorating the bridge statues in Rome took over the architects of Prague, the famous Charles Bridge was created just "based on" the bridge of the Holy Angel.

This place has a double reputation, on the one hand, he was a venue for criminals, on the other, the bridge is so beautiful that, having stepped on him, you instantly forget about the sad past.

The only thing that can spoil the impression is black immigrants selling here with fake Gucci and Louis Vuitton bags, but if they do not emphasize their attention, but on the sculptures of angels, the Sant'angelo bridge can rightly be called beautiful in Italy.

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