ARCUS Atlas record
Bridge over Chisone stream
Total collapse of a provincial bridge over the Chisone stream near Inverso Pinasca (Torino) on 13-16 October 2000, as part of the catastrophic alluvione. Documented in the ARPA Piemonte official report (Val Chisone area). Total collapse during the catastrophic alluvione of 13-16 October 2000 that struck over 50% of Piemonte, causing more than 1,800 documented damage events. The ARPA Piemonte report (2003) explicitly documents multiple bridge collapses across the Stura di Lanzo, Orco, Chisone, Dora Riparia, Dora Baltea and Po basins. The event is comparable in scale to the 1994 alluvione del Piemonte. No fatalities directly attributed to this specific collapse. Rapporto d'evento Regione Piemonte - Direzione Servizi Tecnici di Prevenzione (aprile 2001): distruzione completa del ponte di collegamento con Inverso Pinasca per erosioni di fondo del Chisone (loc. Ponte Inverso).
- ARCUS ID
- IT00.10.30
- Date
- 2000-10-13
- Municipality
- Inverso Pinasca
- Province
- Torino
- Region
- Piemonte
- Coordinates
- 44.9429, 7.2215 · exact location
- Crossing
- Chisone stream
- Use
- Provincial/Regional
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Hydraulic
- Failure trigger
- Flood
- Failure process
- Scour
- Component involved
- Entire structure
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (3)
- Evento alluvionale regionale 13-16 ottobre 2000 – monografia ufficiale (Official/Technical · ARPA Piemonte · 2002-10-16)
- 10 anni fa alluvione Nord-Ovest, fu inferno d'acqua – Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta (News · ANSA · 2010-10-13)
- Bridge collapses in Italy across the 21st century: survey and statistical analysis (Scientific · Journal Paper · 2025-01-01)