CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2026

A Year After Fatal Genoa Viaduct Collapse, Replacement Takes Shape

Broken wooden bridge over background of stormy clouds

The first steel box girder deck span spine was raised.

November 4, 2019
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Peter Reina - Engineering News-Record

Nearly 14 months after the Morandi viaduct collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing 43 people, crews placed the first section of a 1,067-meter-long, 19-span steel and concrete replacement structure.

Reprinted courtesy of Peter Reina, Engineering News-Record

Mr. Reina may be contacted at reina@btinternet.com

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