ARCUS Atlas record
Ponte di Collerenti
Total collapse of the Collerenti bridge over the Salinello between Bellante and Sant'Omero on 29 December 2022, initiated by failure of the Bellante-side abutment. Initial inspections considered overload, but court-appointed experts later identified a construction defect as the predominant predisposing factor, with rainfall-related erosion and heavy-vehicle traffic as contributing/accelerating factors. No vehicle was crossing at the instant of failure; no discrete trigger is assigned.
- ARCUS ID
- IT22.12.04
- Date
- 2022-12-29
- Municipality
- Bellante
- Province
- Teramo
- Region
- Abruzzo
- Coordinates
- 42.7723, 13.8001 · exact location
- Crossing
- Salinello river
- Use
- Provincial/Regional
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Construction year
- 1940
- Cause category
- Human-induced
- Specific cause
- Design and Construction
- Failure trigger
- No identifiable external trigger
- Failure process
- Other documented mode
- Component involved
- Abutment
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (3)
- Crollo ponte tra Sant’Omero e Bellante (Teramo), verifiche e sopralluogo dei tecnici di Ansfisa (Official/Technical · ANSFISA · 2022-12-30)
- Ponte crollato, i super periti: la struttura era pericolosa (News · Il Centro · 2024-02-02)
- I periti del tribunale: difetto costruttivo per il ponte crollato (News · Expert-reporting article)