Other name(s) Ponte sul Basento Total length 560 m Location Potenza Architect Sergio Musmeci | Official name Ponte dell'industria Design Sergio Musmeci Opened 1976 Province Province of Potenza | |
Heritage status Monument of cultural interest Similar Potenza Cathedral, San Michele Arcangel, Museum Provinciale Potenza, Santa Maria del Sepolcro, Museo Archeologico Nazionale | ||
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Contents
- Breaking everywhere saga musmeci bridge
- Musmeci bridge parametric model wmv
- Technical characteristics
- Realisation
- Recognition
- References
The “Viadotto dell’Industria” (Industry viaduct), also known as "Bridge over the Basento" river or Musmeci Bridge, connects Potenza city centre exit on the Sicignano-Potenza motorway with the main access roads in the southern part of the city, which is in Italy.
Designed by the Italian engineer Sergio Musmeci in 1967, and built between 1971 and 1976, the bridge perfectly incarnates Musmeci's architectural theories. The structure cost about 920.000.000 Italian liras (equivalent to €4.000.000 in 2016).
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Technical characteristics
The structure's uniqueness is due to its construction: it is made of only one membrane of reinforced concrete (about 30 cm (1 ft) thick) molded to form four contiguous arches. The concrete sheet is shaped into a “finger-like” structure, which supports the whole bridge, and it is also used as a pedestrian walkway.
Realisation
The bridge was built without using prefabricated elements, but only shuttering of concrete. Edilstrade Forlì-Castrocaro was the company that constructed the bridge.
Recognition
Projects and planimetries are collected in the “Musmeci Sergio and Zanini Zenaide archive” which in 1997 was declared of great historical interest by the Archival superintendence of Lazio. Then in 2003, it was referred by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture as an example of architecture from the 20th century in the MAXXI (The National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome). In 2003, the bridge was declared a “monument of cultural interest” by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.