Ponte della Gerola, Road bridge in Mezzana Bigli, Italy
The Ponte della Gerola, also called ponte di Mezzana Bigli or ponte di Cornale, is an iron road bridge with eight arched spans over the Po River in the province of Pavia. It carries the SS 755 Gerolese between Mezzana Bigli in Lomellina and Cornale e Bastida in the Oltrepò pavese. It was built between 1913 and 1916 by the Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano.
The bridge was built between 1913 and 1916 by the Officine di Savigliano company and represented an important infrastructure improvement for the Pavia province. It has shaped transportation connections across the river for more than a century.
The bridge's name originates from the frazione Gerola in Casei Gerola municipality, where the Agogna and Scrivia streams merge with the Po River.
The bridge sits along State Road 755 Gerolese and is subject to vehicle weight restrictions. Vehicles exceeding 30 tons are not permitted to cross.
The bridge's porphyry cube paving, known as sampietrini, was for many years the only such surface on any bridge over the Po. It has since been covered with asphalt during recent renovations.
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