What is Ponte Morandi?
'''''Ponte Morandi''''' (English: ''Morandi Bridge''), or '''''Polcevera viaduct''''', was a [[bridge]] on the A10 motorway in [[Genoa]], [[Italy]]. The bridge was one of the major links to [[France]]. The bridge was built between 1963 and 1967. It opened on 4 September 1967. On 14 August 2018, a large part of the bridge [[wikt:collapse#Verb|collapsed]]. Forty-three people were killed.<ref>{{cite report|title=Italy Bridge was in Trouble Long Before Collapse|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/world/europe/italy-genoa-bridge-collapse.html|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Eyewitnesses said the bridge was hit by [[lightning]] just before it collapsed.<ref>{{cite report|title=Dozens Feared Dead in Genoa as Motorway Collapses|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45183624|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> Between 30 and 35 [[car]]s and three [[truck]]s fell from the bridge. [[File:Ponte Morandi collapse.jpg|thumb|617x617px|center|Ponte Morandi: The part shown in red collapsed.]] ==References== <references/> [[Category:Bridges in Italy]] [[Category:Genoa]]