Accademia Bridge
The Accademia bridge is one of four that cross the Grand Canal together with the Rialto Bridge, the Scalzi Bridge and the new Calatrava Bridge.
It can be found in front of the Accademia Art Gallery and it is the first bridge one finds crossing the Grand Canal coming from St Mark’s. It was orginally built in wrought iron and opened on 20th November, 1854.
As the bridge deteriorated over the years, ideas were put out to design a new stone bridge. In the meantime a wooden bridge was built. By engineer Eugenio Miozzi (1889-1979). It was opened on the 15th January 1933. The inning design idea by Torres and Briazza has never been realised.
The wooden bridge with steel braces is one arch and is 48 metres long.
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The wooden bridge with steel braces is one arch and is 48 metres long.
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Accademia Galleries
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The history of the bridges of Venice
Venice is made up of 118 little islands intersected by 150 canals and linked by 400 bridges. Only three of these cross the Grand Canal, the main water way in Venice, they are the Rialto Bridge, the Accademia Bridge and the Scalzi Bridge.
Aperto il bando per la costruzione del nuovo Ponte dell’Accademia
Quello che doveva essere un ponte provvisorio e che invece è diventato quasi un simbolo per l’Accademia diventerà solamente un ricordo. E’ stato infatti indetto il bando per la costruzione di un nuovo ponte che andrà a sostituirsi all’attuale in legno costruito a tempo di record nel 1932: “Ponte dell’Accademia: nuovo disegno per un ponte accessibile” – affidamento del contratto di sponsorizzazione per la progettazione e la realizzazione dell’intervento.
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