Vajont Dam Footbridge - Revision history

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	[[File:Disastro Vajont.jpg\|750px\|center]]		[[File:Disastro Vajont.jpg\|750px\|center]]
	An aerial view of the intact dam and flooded valley after the slide disaster.		An aerial view of the intact dam and flooded valley after the slide disaster.
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−	Upon its opening in 1912, the 40 meter concrete arch of the Colomber Bridge become Italy's highest roadway span with a deck 130 meters above the Vajont River. Some sources claim it was as high as 138 and 150 meters but the lower height figure more closely matches ~~topogrpahic~~ map lines.	+	Upon its opening in 1912, the 40 meter concrete arch of the Colomber Bridge become Italy's highest roadway span with a deck 130 meters above the Vajont River. Some sources claim it was as high as 138 and 150 meters but the lower height figure more closely matches topographic map lines.

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-Tubo Bridge - 135 meters High             50 meter Span    1956-1963<br />
+Tubo Bridge 1956 - 135 meters High          50 meter Span    1956-1963<br />
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-Tubo Bridge - 135 meters High             50 meter Span         1963<br />
+Tubo Bridge 1963 - 135 meters High          50 meter Span         1963<br />
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 Vajont area hiking trails.
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 The Vajont (or Vaiont) Dam was completed around 1960 as one of the tallest in the world at 262 meters.  In October of 1963 the towering dam indirectly caused one of the most violent man-made disasters in history.  When it was all over, between 2,000 and 2,600 Italians had lost their lives.  The tragedy became the worst dam disaster in history even though the dam itself did not collapse.
-Since 1912, the Vajont River gorge just upstream and downstream of the dam has been home to a varied collection of 6 different bridges including the Vajont Bridge, the Tubo Bridges, the Vajont Dam Footbridge and the Colomber 1912 and 1956 Bridges.
+Since 1912, the Vajont River gorge just upstream and downstream of the dam has been home to a varied collection of 6 different bridges including the Vajont Bridge, the Tubo Bridges, the Vajont Dam Footbridge and the Colomber 1912 and 1944 Bridges.
 Located 62 miles (100 km) north of the city of Venice, the Vajont river is a tributary of the much larger Piave river which empties into the Adriatic Sea.  In late 1960, the 860 foot high (262 mtr) dam became the second tallest in the world when it was completed in a tight gorge of the Vaiont.  Known as a double-curved, thin-arch concrete dam, it was and still is the tallest such structure of its type in the world.  If Tajikstan’s under construction Rogun dam and Iran and China’s soon to be built Bakhtiari, Xiluodu and Jinping dams are counted, there are 8 dams that are higher than Vajont.  Of those, only 5 are concrete and none are considered “thin”.  The base of Vaiont is only 74.5 feet (22.7 mtr) thick while the crest is just 11.2 feet (3.4 mtrs) thick.

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