ARCUS Atlas record
Ponte Guastacconcio
Total collapse of Ponte Guastacconcio over the Sangro on 13 February 2022 after prior closure for progressive settlement of the central pier. Parliamentary records link the pre-collapse deformation to repeated Sangro floods and riverbed lowering; D'Angelo, Ballio & Ravazzani (2025), record P192, classifies vertical erosion/scour. The final collapse occurred without a discrete flood at the time, so triggered remains FALSE.
- ARCUS ID
- IT22.02.01
- Date
- 2022-02-13
- Municipality
- Guastacconcio
- Province
- Chieti
- Region
- Abruzzo
- Coordinates
- 42.1854, 14.4812 · exact location
- Crossing
- Sangro river
- Use
- Provincial/Regional
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Construction year
- 1950
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Hydraulic
- Failure trigger
- No identifiable external trigger
- Failure process
- Scour
- Component involved
- Pier / foundation
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (5)
- Paglieta, è crollato il ponte Guastacconcio sulla S.P. 97 (News · Rete8 · 2022-02-13)
- Paura a Paglieta, crollato il ponte Guastacconcio (News · ChietiToday · 2022-02-13)
- Via libera al progetto di ricostruzione del ponte Guastacconcio crollato un anno fa (News · ChietiToday · 2022-02-13)
- Ponte Guastacconcio – interrogazione parlamentare e quadro dei dissesti (Official/Technical · Parliamentary record)
- D'Angelo, Ballio & Ravazzani (2025), Geomorphologic risk factors for river bridges (Scientific · Journal Paper)