Ponte della Magliana

Ponte della Magliana
Crosses River Tiber
Locale Rome, Ostiense and Portuense districts, Italy
Characteristics
Material Reinforced concrete, travertine
Total length 223.62 m (733.7 ft)
Width 19.25 m (63.2 ft)
History
Designer Romolo Raffaelli
Construction begin 1930
Construction end 1948
Opened 1948

The Ponte della Magliana is a motorway bridge located in Rome. It crosses the Tiber between Pian due Torri (right bank) and via the Cappellaccio (left bank), linking the Portuense (and suburbs the same name) and Ostiense districts, respectively on the right and left of the river.[1] Designed in 1930 and built to be the entrance on the west side of the new EUR district, it was completed only after the war.

He is currently part of a larger viaduct which on the right bank of the Tiber continues towards the Colli Portuensi and the highway to the airport of Fiumicino and on the left towards the EUR, the Tre Fontane and Via Laurentina.

Description

Designed by Romolo Raffaelli, the bridge was built between 1930 and 1948; the construction was slowed down during the Second World War, because of the German army which destroyed the bridge centrings. The bridge is named after the zone where it is located, called Magliana. It connects Via della Magliana with Via Cristoforo Colombo.

It has seven arches in reinforced concrete covered with travertine and has a length of about 223 meters.

References

  1. Rendina (2005), p. 685

Sources

Coordinates: 41°50′21.76″N 12°27′28.54″E / 41.8393778°N 12.4579278°E / 41.8393778; 12.4579278

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