ARCUS Atlas record
Bridge over Chisone stream
Total collapse of a railway bridge over the Chisone stream near San Germano Chisone (Torino) on 13-16 October 2000, as part of the catastrophic alluvione. Documented in the ARPA Piemonte official report (Val Chisone railway 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. Database ponti fluviali danneggiati di D'Angelo, Ballio & Ravazzani (2025), IJDRR, suppl. S3, record P030 (dec=1; abbinato per anno 2000 + coordinate, dist. 0.00 km): processo = erosione verticale (scour) + erosione laterale di sponda; componenti danneggiate = pile, rilevato di accesso, impalcato; evidenza di sormonto = no.
- ARCUS ID
- IT00.10.31
- Date
- 2000-10-13
- Municipality
- San Germano Chisone
- Province
- Torino
- Region
- Piemonte
- Coordinates
- 44.8674, 7.3348 · exact location
- Crossing
- Chisone stream
- Use
- Railway
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Truss
- Material
- Steel
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Hydraulic
- Failure trigger
- Flood
- Failure process
- Scour
- Component involved
- Multiple components
- 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)