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Petroso Bridge 1974 was an arch bridge that was located across a deep gorge along the original A3 motorway that was completed in a Frankenstein-like fashion in bits and pieces throughout the 1960s and 1970s.  Petroso Bridge was replaced in 2016 with a weathered steel beam span during a major overhaul and widening of the motorway.
Petroso Bridge 1974 was an arch bridge that was located across a deep gorge along the original A3 motorway that was completed in a Frankenstein-like fashion in bits and pieces throughout the 1960s and 1970s.  Petroso Bridge was replaced in 2016 with a weathered steel beam span during a major overhaul and widening of the motorway.  
 
the Tanagro Bridge had a healthy 36 year lifespan before it was bypassed and removed in 2010.  The main rib of the arch followed a more natural cantenary curve with an unusually low arch span to rise ration of approximately 2:1. 
 
The new Tanagro 2010 Bridge was built a few hundred meters downstream of the old concrete arch and consists of a pair of weathered steel beam spans of approximately 100 meters.   


Several other nearby spans that were replaced in the early 2000s include Tanagro, Lontrano, Sant'Onofrio and Favazzina beam bridges.  
Several other nearby spans that were replaced in the early 2000s include Tanagro, Lontrano, Sant'Onofrio and Favazzina beam bridges.  

Revision as of 09:50, 9 April 2020

Petroso 1974 Bridge
Ponte Petroso 1974
Località Sperlonga, Campania, Italy
(328) feet high / (100) meters high
(328) foot span / (100) meter span
1974-2016

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Petroso Bridge 1974 was an arch bridge that was located across a deep gorge along the original A3 motorway that was completed in a Frankenstein-like fashion in bits and pieces throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Petroso Bridge was replaced in 2016 with a weathered steel beam span during a major overhaul and widening of the motorway.

Several other nearby spans that were replaced in the early 2000s include Tanagro, Lontrano, Sant'Onofrio and Favazzina beam bridges.


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Petroso Bridge satellite image.


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Petroso Bridge location map.