Ponte della Vittoria, Pisa

Ponte della Vittoria
Locale	Pisa
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	reinforced concrete, stone facing
Total length	122.40
Height	12.25
Number of spans	49
History
Engineering design by	Sogene
Construction begin	1949
Construction end	1950

The Ponte della Vittoria (Bridge of Victory) is a bridge over the Arno in Pisa.

Technical characteristics

The Ponte della Vittoria is 122.4 metres long, with a maximum height of 12.25 metres and three arches with a maximum span of 49 metres. It is made of reinforced concrete. Two false shoulders emphasise the join with the riverside balustrade with concrete cassons faced with stone.

History

In the fascist period, various public works were planned for the city of Pisa, of which only the bridge on the site of the Ponte della Vittoria which connected the station and the Politeama was actually built.

The construction was completed in 1931, but it collapsed on the evening of 22 December 1934, before it had even been inaugurated. The cause of the collapse was linked to the "Roman fasti" required by the Fascist architecture of the period. The excessive load resulting from the quantity of statuary and marble was in fact the cause of the collapse.

The bridge was rebuilt a few years later only to be destroyed during the Second World War and was quickly rebuilt again by the Sogene between February 1949 and March 1950, on behalf of the Ministry of Public Labour.

Bibliography

• Giorgio Batini, Album di Pisa, Firenze, La Nazione, 1972.
• Francesco Guerrieri, Lucia Bracci, Giancarlo Pedreschi, I ponti sull'Arno dal Falterona al mare, Firenze, Edizioni Polistampa, 1998.

Coordinates: 43°42′36″N 10°24′30″E / 43.7100°N 10.4084°E