Rialto Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
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| Built: | 1588 - 1591 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
San Marco, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy, Europe San Polo, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 45° 26' 17.00" N 12° 20' 10.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 28.80 m | |
| rise | 6.4 m | |
| height | 7.32 m | |
| deck | deck width | 22.90 m |
Materials
| arch |
stone
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Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Rialto Bridge
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Dan Heller Photography: Rialto Bridge
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Venice Banana: Ponte di Rialto
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Wikipedia: Rialto Bridge
Relevant Publications
- D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (3)(television documentary)
- Approach and Methodology in Understanding the Structural Behaviour of Historic Arch Bridges Through Dynamic Monitoring: the Case of Rialto Bridge in Venice, presented at IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010.
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 36-37
- Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 144-149
- Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 26-27
- Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 26-27
- Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 26-27
- Traité des ponts, 1716
- Meisterwerke der Ingenieurbaukunst, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3887848861, 1998; pp. 59-67
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 95-96
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 318
- Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 122-123
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000461 |
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| Created: | 06/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
