ARCUS Atlas record
Bridge over Senio river
Total collapse of the new cycle-pedestrian footbridge at Borgo Rivola (Riolo Terme) during static load testing in September 2023. The structure failed under the water-tank test load; subsequent technical reporting by the designer discusses design errors and reconstruction. Classified as Design and Construction with Static load test trigger and Overstress process. The hydraulic record reported at the same location is not used to override this distinct load-test event.
- ARCUS ID
- IT23.09.01
- Date
- 2023-09-09
- Municipality
- Riolo Terme
- Province
- Ravenna
- Region
- Emilia-Romagna
- Coordinates
- 44.2618, 11.6713 · exact location
- Crossing
- Senio river
- Use
- Cycle-pedestrian
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Cable-stayed
- Material
- Steel
- Construction year
- 2017
- Cause category
- Human-induced
- Specific cause
- Design and Construction
- Failure trigger
- Static load test
- Failure process
- Overstress
- Component involved
- Entire structure
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (4)
- Crolla ponte ciclopedonale sul Senio: fatali le prove di carico (News · Rai News · 2023-09-08)
- Riolo Terme, ponte ciclopedonale crolla durante il collaudo (News · La Repubblica · 2023-09-08)
- Riolo Terme, il nuovo ponte pedonale sul Senio crolla durante il collaudo (News · Ravenna e Dintorni · 2023-09-08)
- Imparare dagli errori: la complessa vicenda della passerella di Borgo Rivola (Scientific · Ingenio · 2024-07-24)