Railway Bridge, Ivrea
Ivrea Railway Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 45°27′54″N 7°52′22″E / 45.465°N 7.8729°E |
| Carries | Chivasso–Ivrea–Aosta railway |
| Crosses | Dora Baltea |
| Locale | Ivrea, Italy |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | truss bridge |
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The Ivrea Railway Bridge is a truss railway bridge over the Dora Baltea in Ivrea, Italy.
History
[edit]The bridge was built as part of the development of the railway line between Ivrea and Aosta, officially inaugurated, along with the bridge, on July 4, 1886. The bridge, originally a lattice truss design, was assembled on-site on the right bank of the Dora Baltea, then moved into its final position using a temporary wooden structure built in the middle of the river as support.[1]
In the night of December 23 to 24, 1944, during the Nazi-Fascist occupation of northern Italy, the bridge was blown up by Italian partisan forces to prevent an Allied air bombing aimed at disrupting the supply of war materials from the Cogne steelworks in Aosta, and which would have severely damaged the town of Ivrea.[2]
A new truss bridge was built after the end of the conflict, being inaugurated on May 25, 1959.
Description
[edit]The bridge is located at the last useful point before the bed of the Dora Baltea widens again after being forced through a narrow gorge, just a few dozen meters downstream from the Ponte Nuovo. It is a truss bridge.
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto D'Angelo (2011). Ivrea - Quelli della riva destra (in Italian). pp. 33–37.
- ^ Pino Ferlito (2004-12-23). "'Così evitammo che Ivrea fosse bombardata dagli Alleati'". La Sentinella del Canavese (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-27.
External links
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Media related to Ivrea railway bridge at Wikimedia Commons