Favazzina 1974 Bridge
Favazzina 1974 Bridge
Viadotto Favazzina 1974
Favazzina, Calabria, Italy
(482) feet high / (147) meters high
(164) foot span / (50) meter span
1974-2013
Morandi’s classic Favazzina viaduct on Italy’s A3 motorway is slated for destruction around 2012 when it is finally replaced by a new strut frame bridge. Opened in 1974, the southern stretch of the A3 has become dangerous with narrow lanes, no shoulders and tight curves. A huge reconstruction project is underway with new tunnels and viaducts as well as wider curves and shoulders.
Video showing destruction of the original Favazzina Bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bfpi8nPYZw
Note how the deck is being launched out from the North side in one long piece with a temporary cable stayed tower that will be removed once the ends of the two deck sections are closed in the middle. The Millau Viaduct was built in a similar fashion. Image by Martin Mergili (www.mergili.at)
An early Favazzina cable stayed bridge proposal similar to the final design.
The Akragas Bridge is another Morandi Viaduct with clothespin shaped piers similar to the original Favazzina Bridge. Image by basi-melo / Flickr.
Favazzina 2012 Bridge satellite image.
Favazzina 1974 Bridge satellite image.
Favazzina bridge location map.
