Topic - Morandi Bridge

' (English: Morandi Bridge) was a part of the Polcevera viaduct, on the A10 motorway in Italy. The bridge crossed the river Polcevera between the districts of Sampierdarena and Cornigliano in Genoa. The viaduct was built between 1963 and 1967, and opened on 4 September 1967; it was named after its designer, Riccardo Morandi. The bridge partially collapsed on 14 August 2018, - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, Italy, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. On Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, Italy marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of silence and demands for justice for the 43 people killed in what authorities say was an example of greed-fueled negligence. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

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People stand by a small white coffin of a victim of a collapsed highway bridge prior to the start of the funeral service, in Genoa, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. Saturday has been declared a national day of mourning in Italy and includes a state funeral at the industrial port city's fair grounds for those who plunged to their deaths as the 45-meter (150-foot) tall Morandi Bridge gave way Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A view of the evacuated houses built under the remains part of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge, in Genoa, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 90 meters (nearly 300 feet) into a heap of rubble below. (AP Photo/Nicola Marfisi)

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A view of the Morandi highway bridge that collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. A large section of the bridge collapsed over an industrial area in the Italian city of Genova during a sudden and violent storm, leaving vehicles crushed in rubble below. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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