ARCUS Atlas record
Viadotto Himera
Total collapse and severe deformation of the Himera motorway viaduct near Scillato (Sicily) on 10 April 2015 caused by a large landslide affecting the foundation area and surrounding slope. The event interrupted a major motorway connection in Sicily without causing fatalities or injuries.
- ARCUS ID
- IT15.04.01
- Date
- 2015-04-10
- Municipality
- Scillato
- Province
- Palermo
- Region
- Sicilia
- Coordinates
- 37.8384, 13.9142 · exact location
- Crossing
- Grande river
- Use
- Motorway
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Prestressed concrete
- Construction year
- 1970
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Landslide
- Failure trigger
- Landslide / slope failure
- Failure process
- Knocked down by external action
- Component involved
- Pier / foundation
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (5)
- OCDPC n. 258 del 30 maggio 2015 – interventi urgenti per il dissesto del viadotto Himera I (Official/Technical · Protezione Civile · 2015-05-30)
- Cede pilone su Palermo-Catania, chiusa autostrada A19 (News · ANSA · 2015-04-10)
- Delrio sul crollo del viadotto Himera: "Demoliremo tutto il ponte, ci vorranno 18-24 mesi" (News · PalermoToday · 2015-04-14)
- Dossier Himera (Official/Technical · MIT · 2015-04-14)
- Crollo viadotto Himera, due condanne e tre assoluzioni (News · ANSA · 2022-03-11)