ARCUS Atlas record
Ponte Manfredi
Total collapse of the Ponte Manfredi over the Arroscia stream near Vessalico (Imperia, Liguria) during the October 2020 flood event affecting the Ponente Ligure. The collapse was explicitly named in national media coverage of the disaster. No fatalities directly attributed to this collapse. Database ponti fluviali danneggiati di D'Angelo, Ballio & Ravazzani (2025), IJDRR 'Geomorphologic risk factors for river bridges', suppl. S3, record P159 (accuratezza diagnosi dec=1): processo = altro processo (es. colata detritica/frana); componenti danneggiate = impalcato; evidenza di sormonto = yes.
- ARCUS ID
- IT20.10.06
- Date
- 2020-10-03
- Municipality
- Vessalico
- Province
- Imperia
- Region
- Liguria
- Coordinates
- 44.0449, 7.9605 · exact location
- Crossing
- Arroscia stream
- Use
- Provincial/Regional
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Hydraulic
- Failure trigger
- Flood
- Failure process
- Other documented hydraulic process
- Component involved
- Deck / superstructure
- Cause evidence
- Documented
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (3)
- Alluvione ottobre 2020 – Danni in 108 comuni del Piemonte (Official/Technical · Protezione Civile · 2020-10-04)
- Maltempo Liguria e Piemonte: ponti crollati, morti e dispersi (News · ANSA · 2020-10-03)
- Alluvione in Piemonte: ponti crollati, dopo la catastrofe si contano i danni (News · Montagna.TV · 2020-10-05)