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Viadotto Favazzina 1974<br />
 
Viadotto Favazzina 1974<br />
 
Favazzina, Calabria, Italy<br />
 
Favazzina, Calabria, Italy<br />
(450) feet high / (137) meters high<br />
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(482) feet high / (147) meters high<br />
(328) foot span / (100) meter span<br />
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(164) foot span / (50) meter span<br />
1974-2012<br />
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1974-2013<br />
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[[File:FavazzinaAerial.jpg|750px|center]]
 
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Favazzina 1974 Bridge Elevation<br />
 
Favazzina 1974 Bridge Elevation<br />
 
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[[File:1FavazzinaViadotto.jpg|750px|center]]
  
  
[[File:3FavazzinaAerial.jpg|980px|center]]
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Favazzina 1974 Bridge satellite aerial.
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Favazzina 1974 Bridge satellite image.
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[[File:4MorandiViadottoFlickrbasi-melo.jpg|650px|center]]
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Another Morandi Viaduct with clothespin shaped piers similar to the original Favazzina Bridge.  Image by basi-melo / Flickr.
  
  
 
[[Category:Bridges in Italy]]
 
[[Category:Bridges in Italy]]

Revision as of 21:24, 29 December 2018

Favazzina 1974 Bridge
Viadotto Favazzina 1974
Favazzina, Calabria, Italy
(482) feet high / (147) meters high
(164) foot span / (50) meter span
1974-2013

FavazzinaAerial.jpg


Morandi’s classic Favazzina viaduct on Italy’s A3 motorway is slated for destruction around 2012 when it is finally replaced by a new strut frame bridge. Opened in 1974, the southern stretch of the A3 has become dangerous with narrow lanes, no shoulders and tight curves. A huge reconstruction project is underway with new tunnels and viaducts as well as wider curves and shoulders.



Favazzina 1974 Bridge Elevation


1FavazzinaViadotto.jpg


2FavazzinaBridge.jpg


3FavazzinaAerial.jpg

Favazzina 1974 Bridge satellite image.


4MorandiViadottoFlickrbasi-melo.jpg

Another Morandi Viaduct with clothespin shaped piers similar to the original Favazzina Bridge. Image by basi-melo / Flickr.