Ponte Leopoldo II
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Completed in: | 1833 |
| Status: | destroyed (1944) |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 4.75 m | |
| sag | 2.90 m | |
| span | 34.89 m | |
| sag:span | 1:12 | |
| number of cables | 12 |
Materials
| cables |
iron wire
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Chronology
| August 1944 | Destroyed by retreating German troops. |
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Notes
First wire suspension bridge to be built in Italy.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Analisi storica e ricostruzione del ponte sospeso "Leopoldo II" a Poggio a Caiano, in "Il bollettino degli ingegneri", June 2003, n. 6
- Reconstruction of the oldest cable wire suspension bridge in Italy «Leopoldus II», presented at First International Congress on Construction History, Madrid, 20-24.01.2003.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0007969 |
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| Created: | 03/02/2003 |
| Last Updated: | 19/03/2013 |