Campomorone viaduct, Railway bridge in Cesino, Genoa, Italy
The Campomorone viaduct, officially viadotto Verde and popularly called Ponti Nuovi, is a masonry railway bridge on the Succursale dei Giovi line. It crosses the Verde torrent between the lower Cesino hill and Ceranesi, with twenty brick arches faced in stone below, part on a straight and part on a 600-metre-radius curve. It is 431.30 m long and 55.73 m high, with a gradient of 15.95‰.
Built between 1883 and 1886, the viaduct carried the Succursale dei Giovi railway over the Verde torrent, linking the lower Cesino hill to Ceranesi. Ferrovie dello Stato managed it from its opening until 2001, when it passed to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana of the FS group.
Locals call the viaduct "Ponti Nuovi", and it appears in Carlo Lizzani's 1951 film Achtung! Banditi!. The brick arches, faced with stone at the base, are the detail to look for from the valley below.
The best views of the bridge come from the valley floor or nearby hillsides. You can see it from different angles in the surrounding area, and it is especially clear from a distance.
The bridge connects two sides of the valley and made continuous rail service possible through this mountain area. Many travelers pass over it on trains without noticing how boldly the structure spans the ravine.
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