TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
Italy · Scour · 1 deaths · multi-span viaduct carrying the SS16 Adriatica over the Trigno river mouth on the Abruzzo–Molise border, under ANAS periodic inspection
Days of rain and snowmelt put the Trigno about 3 m above normal; ANAS closed 7.2 km of the SS16 on the evening of 1 April with barriers at both roundabouts…
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