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Old Bridge of Rivolta d'Adda

Old Bridge of Rivolta d'Adda

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Old Bridge of Rivolta d'Adda

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Location: Rivolta D'Adda, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Vacchelli Canal entrance – Adda River loop from Zelo Buon Persico

74.2km

05:57

190m

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2. Adda River – Vacchelli Canal entrance loop from Treviglio Ovest

77.8km

06:14

200m

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3. River Adda – Canale Vacchelli Inlet loop from Groppello d'Adda

43.9km

03:14

120m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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brimbribambiscorlande

January 12, 2020

The history of the passage on the Adda to Rivolta is rather troubled. Already in the Middle Ages, wooden walkways were built on several occasions to allow the passage of the river; the crossing was also guaranteed, in lean periods, by rudimentary rafts-ferries or by the boats of the fishermen and sand and stone quarrymen of the area.
In 1866 they accepted the proposal of Eng. Milesi to use "the cement of the Val Seriana recently discovered and applied to buildings." Together with the basilica, the new bridge had become the pride of the Rivoltani and represented a concrete hope for the development of the whole territory.
Unfortunately, the Bergamo hydraulic concrete bridge was not very lucky: in the night between 9 and 10 October 1868, a flood of the river overwhelmed the bridge. Rebuilt several times, it finally collapsed on November 22, 1951. The last pylons in the water collapsed in 2005 during the consolidation works.
To date, only some of the arches resting on the ground remain.

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Marcko85

May 23, 2020

The old bridge of Rivolta d'Adda was built in 1867. Made of hydraulic concrete, it was about 163 meters long, divided into sixteen arches. It had to connect the town with the opposite bank of the river, joining the provinces of Cremona and Milan. 6 years after construction, the bridge had already partially collapsed. The reconstruction work began in 1874 and consisted in the construction of an iron link, subsequently demolished. The part still visible today is the original one.

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Nicola | DMU

December 1, 2021

A couple of months after its inauguration, the bridge showed the first damage, so much so that it was decided to ban the transit of heavier vehicles; for example, the busses, which pass in large numbers on their way to Milan, were ordered to drop passengers at the mouth of the bridge and have them pass on foot as far as the Milanese shore. ... Old Cecco stopped at the mouth of the bridge, obstructed it with logs and waited patiently for two buses which, loaded with workers on their way to the Milanese factories, were about to pass; when they arrived he stopped them, then went to the village to sound the alarm.

And the bridge began its agony. After that first inclination to the right, the direction of the landslide changed and a real basin was formed in the road. The central pylon was sinking slowly into the river bed and with this a section of the bridge about fifteen meters long is folding in on itself and closing like the pages of a book. (laprovinciacr.it/news/nella-storia/235250/il-ponte-di-rivolta-d-adda-sta-per-crolla.html)

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1. Vacchelli Canal entrance – Adda River loop from Zelo Buon Persico

2. Adda River – Vacchelli Canal entrance loop from Treviglio Ovest

3. River Adda – Canale Vacchelli Inlet loop from Groppello d'Adda

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