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Cardè Bridge

Coordinates: 44°44′52″N 7°28′42″E / 44.74786°N 7.47834°E / 44.74786; 7.47834
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Cardè Bridge
Cardè Bridge in March 2009
Coordinates44°44′52″N 7°28′42″E / 44.74786°N 7.47834°E / 44.74786; 7.47834
CarriesMotor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
CrossesPo
LocaleCardè
Official namePonte di Cardè
Other name(s)Pont ëd Cardè
Maintained byProvince of Cuneo
Characteristics
DesignConcrete
Total length328 Feet
Width14 Feet
Longest span105 Feet
No. of spans3
History
DesignerGiay Bros.
Construction start5 February 1914
Construction end7 December 1914
Opened19 September 1919
Closed9 February 2004
Statistics
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Location
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History

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The Cardè Bridge is the first reinforced concrete bridge built over the Po.[1] It is located in Cardè, in the Province of Cuneo, in the Italian region Piedmont. The works for its realization started on 5 February and finished on 7 December 1914. The project was planned by Ingegneri Giay Emilio & Eugenio of Turin. Before its construction, a wooden bridge linked Cardè to Villafranca Piemonte and Barge but it was often ruined by the floods. On 9 February 2004, during the central pillar maintenance works, the bridge subsided. Nowaday the structure is condemned, moreover the works for its restoration are going on. Meanwhile, a Bailey bridge was built to let the vehicles but trucks pass.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ [1] (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Sito Ufficiale del Comune di Carde'" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2009.