ARCUS Atlas record
Bridge over Santerno river
Total collapse of a road bridge over the Santerno river near Fontanelice (Bologna) during the May 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods. Event documented in the Polimi river-bridge failure database (record P206, dec=1); exact day within the 16-18 May 2023 event to be confirmed. D'Angelo, Ballio & Ravazzani (2025), 'Geomorphologic risk factors for river bridges', IJDRR, database supplementare S3, record P206 (dec=1): crollo totale di ponte stradale sul Santerno presso Fontanelice durante l'alluvione dell'Emilia-Romagna; processo = erosione verticale (scour) + erosione laterale di sponda; componenti danneggiate = impalcato e pile; sormonto = no. Giorno indicativo (evento 16-18/05/2023): data esatta da precisare.
- ARCUS ID
- IT23.05.07
- Date
- 2023-05-17
- Municipality
- Fontanelice
- Province
- Bologna
- Region
- Emilia-Romagna
- Coordinates
- 44.2637, 11.6792 · approximate location
- Crossing
- Santerno river
- Use
- Municipal
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Hydraulic
- Failure trigger
- Flood
- Failure process
- Scour
- Component involved
- Multiple components
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- Medium
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0