ARCUS Atlas record
Bridge over Piano Carbone
Total collapse of a national road bridge near Caltagirone (Sicily) on 5 September 2011 associated with severe structural deficiencies and instability phenomena affecting the structure over the Margi stream. No fatalities or injuries were reported.
- ARCUS ID
- IT11.05.01
- Date
- 2011-05-08
- Municipality
- Caltagirone
- Province
- Catania
- Region
- Sicilia
- Coordinates
- 37.1732, 14.4712 · exact location
- Crossing
- Piano Carbone
- Use
- Railway
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Arch bridge
- Material
- Plain concrete
- Cause category
- Human-induced
- Specific cause
- Material
- Failure trigger
- No identifiable external trigger
- Component involved
- Multiple components
- Cause evidence
- Unspecified
- Source confidence
- Medium
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (2)
- Ferrovia spezzata: pendolari da 6 anni senza treno (News · La7 · 2017-12-12)
- Demolizione totale del ponte ferroviario Caltagirone-Gela in provincia di Catania (Official/Technical · Ministero dell'Interno · 2021-03-18)