Ponte del Risorgimento
Historic site · Flaminio, Italy
A bridge joining piazzale delle Belle Arti to piazza Monte Grappa, in the quartieri Flaminio and Della Vittoria; it lies in both. It is 159.10 metres long and 20.95 metres wide, carried on a single very flat arch with a rise of about 10 metres, and four inscriptions are cast into its parapets.
History
It was built between 1909 and 1911 by Giovanni Antonio Porcheddu, then sole Italian licensee of François Hennebique's patent, with the engineers Chiera, Giaj and Parvopassu and with Hennebique himself supervising, and was inaugurated on 11 May 1911 by mayor Ernesto Nathan during the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of Rome as capital. The north parapet reads «Ponte in cemento armato ad un'unica arcata di 100 metri di corda con freccia di 10 metri» and «Costruito con sistema Hennebique dalla Società Porcheddu Ing. G.A.»; the south parapet reads «Inaugurato l'11 maggio del 1911 nel cinquantenario della proclamazione di Roma Capitale d'Italia» and «Dall'amministrazione popolare cittadina al Risorgimento Italiano».
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