2018 Genoa bridge collapse

2018 Genoa bridge collapse

Collapse of a bridge in Genoa, Italy on 14 August 2018

On 14 August 2018, around 11:36 CEST a section of the Ponte Morandi in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, collapsed during a rainstorm, killing forty-three people. The remains were demolished in June 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later.

Also known as...Ponte Morandi collapse, 2018 Morandi Bridge collapse, and Morandi Bridge collapse
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