Cardè Bridge

Cardè Bridge
Cardè Bridge in March 2009
Coordinates	44.74786°N 7.47834°E / 44.74786; 7.47834
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Crosses	Po
Locale	Cardè
Official name	Ponte di Cardè
Other name(s)	Pont ëd Cardè
Maintained by	Province of Cuneo
Characteristics
Design	Concrete
Total length	328 Feet
Width	14 Feet
Longest span	105 Feet
No. of spans	3
History
Designer	Giay Bros.
Construction start	5 February 1914
Construction end	7 December 1914
Opened	19 September 1919
Closed	9 February 2004
Statistics
Toll	Free both ways
Location

History

The Cardè Bridge is the first reinforced concrete bridge built over the Po. It is located in Cardè, in the Province of Cuneo, in the Italian region Piedmont. The works for its realization started on 5 February and finished on 7 December 1914. The project was planned by Ingegneri Giay Emilio & Eugenio of Turin. Before its construction, a wooden bridge linked Cardè to Villafranca Piemonte and Barge but it was often ruined by the floods. On 9 February 2004, during the central pillar maintenance works, the bridge subsided. Nowaday the structure is condemned, moreover the works for its restoration are going on. Meanwhile, a Bailey bridge was built to let the vehicles but trucks pass.

Gallery

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  Crossing the Po in 1914.
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  Work in progress in 2009.
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  The bridge during a flood.