Suspension Bridges Crossing Tiber River
This is a list of all 2 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Tiber River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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1853: Rotto
Rome, Italy - Tiber River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 6833 (added 2021-12-31) |
| Year Completed: | 1853 |
| Name: | Rotto |
| Location: | Rome, Italy |
| Crossing: | Tiber River |
| Coordinates: | 41.889321 N 12.479023 E |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Pietro Lanciani |
| Status: | Removed, 1887 |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
| Characteristics: | Braced (trussed) chain/cable |
Notes:
- This was a somewhat temporary suspension bridge built on the piers of the ancient Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge). It appears to have had a braced chain suspension cable design.
1889: Fiorentini
Rome, Italy - Tiber River
| Bridgemeister ID: | 828 (added 2003-05-31) |
| Year Completed: | 1889 |
| Name: | Fiorentini |
| Also Known As: | Ferro, Soldo, Soldino |
| Location: | Rome, Italy |
| Crossing: | Tiber River |
| Coordinates: | 41.898801 N 12.463689 E |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| References: | AAJ, ONF, PTS2 |
| Use: | Vehicular |
| Status: | Demolished, July 15, 1941 |
| Main Cables: | Eyebar |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
| Characteristics: | Braced (trussed) chain/cable, Hinged cables |
Notes:
- Jakkula (AAJ) lists this bridge as completed in 1889 based on articles from 1899-1900 discussing braced chain suspension bridges. Various internet sources consistently cite 1863 as the year of completion. The 1889 date is more consistent with several similar braced-chain suspension bridges built in the 1890, but it is unclear which sources are accurate.
- "Braced chain" main cables.
- Similar to 1936 Kindee - Kindee, Ellenborough vicinity, New South Wales, Australia.
- Similar to 1951 Marias River (Pugsley) - Chester vicinity, Montana, USA.
- Similar to (footbridge) - Sarov (Саров), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- Similar to Allan - Segenhoe, Scone vicinity, New South Wales, Australia.
- Similar to Ininskiy (Ининский) - Inya (Иня), Altai Republic, Russia.
- Similar to Reku Vel' - Solginskiy (Солгинский), Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
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