Ponte Coperto

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name = Ponte Coperto

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The Ponte Coperto "covered bridge" (also known as the Ponte Vecchio "Old Bridge") is a brick and stone arch bridge over the Ticino River in Pavia, Italy.

History

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 ten arches to the current bridge's five. [Cite book
author=American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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title=Bridges 2008 (calendar)
date=2007
publisher=ASCE
location= Reston, Virginia
isbn=978-0-7844-0945-9
pages=May featured bridge]

Features

The current bridge, like its predecessor, bears a chapel.

References