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Structure-ID: s0000472
Created on: 13/11/99
Modified on: 09/02/06


Ponte Vecchio

Built: 1335 - 1345
Status: in use
Location: Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy
Crosses: Arno River
Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Next to: Ponte Santa Trinità (1569)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Neri di Fioravante
  Taddeo Gaddi

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  stone
Dimensions
  main span 30 m
  length of side spans 27 m
  rise 3.9 - 4.4 m
deck   deck width 32 m

Notes & Comments
Depending on sources the construction of the Ponte Vecchio is attributed to either Taddeo Gaddi or Neri di Fioravanti.

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External LinkBernd Nebel: Die Brücke über den Maracaibosee German
External LinkBridge Postcard Collector's: Ancient View of Ponte Vecchio (I) English
External LinkBridge Postcard Collector's: Ancient View of Ponte Vecchio (II) English
External LinkPonte Vecchio (Mary Ann Sullivan) English

Relevant Literature
* Beideler, Julien   L'arc sous toutes ses formes, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 30 March 2007, n. 5392 .
* Bonatz, Paul   Brücken, Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany) , 1956; pp. 41.
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 30-31.
* Chiarugi, Andrea   Maintenance of the Ponte Vecchio historical bridge in Florence, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 38-39.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 38-39.
* Leonhardt, Fritz   Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 73-75.
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 312.
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 126-127.
* Straub, Hans   Die Geschichte der Bauingenieurkunst, Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764324414, 1992; pp. 372.
* Wittfoht, Hans   Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3764001763, 1984.

 
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