Court rules on collapse of Morandi Bridge
The Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed on Aug 14, 2018 killing 43 people. Of the 57 defendants – executives and technicians for Autostrade per l’Italia and maintenance company Spea – 32 have been handed jail terms
Giovanni Castellucci, former head of Autostrade given 12-year jail sentence
Pier nine: 210-metre section collapsed
ITALY
Genoa
Rome
100 miles
160km
GENOA
2km
1.2 miles
Bridge
Ligurian Sea
Piers 90m high
Pier nine 
Catastrophic failure of south-west cable-stay
Piers 10 and 11 Reinforced in early 1990s. No maintenance work ever carried out on Pier 9
Foundations
55 metres deep
Bridge tendons
92-metre prestressed concrete deck between piers connected by tendons
Cable-stay: Steel cables encased in prestressed concrete. With only four stays per pier there was no contingency in case of failure
Defence blames hidden construction defect causing corrosion of cables
Polcevera River
45m
Sources: RFI, BBC, Move Solutions, Midas
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