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| − | + | One of the many high viaducts on the A3, the new 2009 Viadotto Lontrano was one of several viaducts to be rebuilt on a stretch along the Tanagro river valley south of Napoli near Auletta. The original Lontrano viaduct served Italy’s A3 motorway for just 25 years before it was bypassed by the new Lontrano on a new downstream alignment with a wider radius. The new Lontrano viaduct consists of two bridges, one of which was partially completed in 2008. The simplified design has equal depth steel girder spans instead of suspended concrete beam spans as was on the original. The 363 foot (110.5 mtr) high piers were the tallest ever imploded on a bridge in the world. Nearby Sant'Onofrio was also rebuilt in a similar fashion with a downstream alignment bypassing the older structure which was eventually imploded in spectacular fashion with the towering piers pushed over like giant dominoes. | |
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You can see various views of the Lontrano implosion as well as several others along the A3 on Youtube: | You can see various views of the Lontrano implosion as well as several others along the A3 on Youtube: | ||
Revision as of 06:37, 13 November 2009
Lontrano Viaduct 2009
Viadotto Lontrano 2009
Auletta, Campania, Italy
(361) feet high / 110 meters high
(148) foot span / 163 meter span
2009
One of the many high viaducts on the A3, the new 2009 Viadotto Lontrano was one of several viaducts to be rebuilt on a stretch along the Tanagro river valley south of Napoli near Auletta. The original Lontrano viaduct served Italy’s A3 motorway for just 25 years before it was bypassed by the new Lontrano on a new downstream alignment with a wider radius. The new Lontrano viaduct consists of two bridges, one of which was partially completed in 2008. The simplified design has equal depth steel girder spans instead of suspended concrete beam spans as was on the original. The 363 foot (110.5 mtr) high piers were the tallest ever imploded on a bridge in the world. Nearby Sant'Onofrio was also rebuilt in a similar fashion with a downstream alignment bypassing the older structure which was eventually imploded in spectacular fashion with the towering piers pushed over like giant dominoes.
You can see various views of the Lontrano implosion as well as several others along the A3 on Youtube:
Viadotto Lontrano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1b8wNTRsC8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXU8E-1qmI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpuXEiTxcso&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoMpIj1LVGU&feature=related
Viadotto Sant'Onofrio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9mRXfSsDw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Por-Fj38zCg&NR=1
Viadotto Tanagro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhmLd7CuNV4&feature=related
Viadotto Noce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7v3L5ZHZx8&feature=related
Viadotto Stagno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP321xZQYeI&feature=related
Viadotto Malvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCapVtAslqQ&feature=related
The original 1974 Lontrano Viaduct.
The old 1974 Lontrano Viaduct comes crashing down.
The 1974 Lontrano Viaduct at an earlier time.
Lontrano Viaduct satellite image.
