VENICE

The fourth bridge on the Gran Canal

This new bridge shows the aim of Venice to become a model for contemporary architecture and art.
The two bridge shoulders - each of which is 15 mt long and weighs 100 tonns - will be transported to town from the dockyard on the mainland where it was built on the night between the 27th and 28th July and put up during the following two days, 28th and 19th July. The central arch - which is 60 mt long and weighs 270 tonns - will arrive during the night bewteen 7th and 8th August and be placed between 11th and 12th August.

http://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/9933

July 2007

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