ARCUS Atlas record
Bridge over Municipality of Gonessa
Total collapse of a municipal bridge near Gonessa (Sud Sardegna, Sardinia) in April 2020, triggered by overload from a heavy vehicle exceeding the structural load capacity of the bridge. No fatalities or injuries were reported. The structure was a small municipal crossing typical of the rural Sardinian road network.
- ARCUS ID
- IT20.04.01
- Date
- 2020-04-02
- Municipality
- Gonessa
- Province
- Sud Sardegna
- Region
- Sardegna
- Coordinates
- 39.2886, 8.439 · exact location
- Crossing
- Municipality of Gonessa
- Use
- Municipal
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Cause category
- Human-induced
- Specific cause
- Overload
- Failure trigger
- Exceptional overload
- Failure process
- Overstress
- Component involved
- Deck / superstructure
- Cause evidence
- Probable
- Source confidence
- Medium
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (3)
- Gonessa, crolla ponte per il passaggio di un mezzo pesante (News · Sardinia Post · 2020-04-02)
- Ponte crollato a Gonessa: cedimento sotto il peso di un mezzo (News · Unione Sarda · 2020-04-02)
- Bridge collapses in Italy across the 21st century: survey and statistical analysis (Scientific · Journal Paper · 2025-01-01)