Ponte della Libertà
Il Ponte della Libertà (the Freedom Bridge) connects the city of Venice to Mestre, on the main land.
Designed in 1931 by engineer Eugenio Miozzi, and opened by Benito Mussolini in 1933 as 'Ponte Littorio', the bridge is the only access for road vehicles to the capital city of Veneto. At the end of WWII it was renamed Ponte della Libertà to honour the end of the Fascist dictatorship and of the Nazi occupation. The bridge is the final end of the old public road 11 (Padana Superiore), it is 3.85 km long and has two lanes each way, with no emergency lane. It is built alongside the Venice Railroad Bridge, which was constructed in 1846, with two tracks each way, and is still in use.
Visitors to Venice park their cars at the Piazzale Roma (Tronchetto area) near to the Santa Lucia Station, and then venture into Venice by boat or on foot.