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The iron bridge on the Po river is located in the Municipality of Castelvetro Piacentino<\/a>. It connects Piacenza and Cremona territories. This bridge is considered one of the longest in Europe and it was opened on the 20th September 1892 at the presence of all the local authorities and with a big celebration.<\/p>\n

The challenge<\/h3>\n

It was a great challenge at that time. The bridge was built by the hard will of Francesco Genala from Cremona. At that time he was the Civic engineering Minister in the Depretis Cabinet.
\nDuring the February 1886 the office of the Genio Civile in Cremona proposed the project of the double-use overpass (street and railway).
\nThe position was decided: 400 meters from the old flatboats bridges.
\nThe contract was awarded on the 29 October 1886 to the Societ\u00e0 Nazionale delle Officine di Savigliano (SNOS) and the real works started in April 1887. The final money amount was 5.972.000 LIRE.<\/p>\n

The Second World War<\/h3>\n

The bridge was bombed during the Second World War and at the end of the conflict, it was rebuilt. The original part from the XIX Century is the Castelvetro side, where it is still possible to see the memorial plaques placed in 1892 by SNOS. The reconstructed side in 1946 is the bridge towards Cremona.
\nThe bridge is more than 960 meters long, it has 12 spans and it’s 7,2 meters wide.
\nIt has a double use: street girder with only one street for each direction and a railway girder, along with a pedestrian border.<\/p>\n

The recent development of the iron bridge<\/h3>\n

After the improvement of the railway, in May 1990 a new railway bridge was built alongside to the nineteenth connection. After that, the removal of the old and useless girder started.<\/p>\n

In 2005 the narrow walk border was replaced by a pedestrian cycling new one, 2,5 meters wide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The iron bridge on the Po river is located in Castelvetro Piacentino land. It\u2019s connecting Piacenza and Cremona territories. This bridge is considered one of the longest in Europe and it was opened on the 20th September 1892 with all the cities authorities presences and a big celebration. It was a great challenge during that time. The bridge was realized by the hard will of Francesco Genala from Cremona. At that time he was the Civic engineering Minister in the Depretis Cabinet. During the February 1886 the office od the Genio Civile in Cremona proposed the project of the double-use overpass ( street and railway). The position was decided: 400 meters from the old flatboats bridges. The contract was awarded on the 29 October 1886 to the Societ\u00e0 Nazionale delle Officine di Savigliano (SNOS) and the real works started in April 1887. The final money amount was 5.972.000 LIRE. The bridge was bombed during the Second World War and at the end of the conflict, it was rebuilt. The original part from the XIX Century is the Castelvetro side, where is still possible to see the memorial plaques placed in 1892 by SNOS. The reconstructed side in 1946 is the bridge towards Cremona. The bridge is more then 960 meters long, it has 12 spans and it\u2019s 7,2 meters wide. It has a double use: street girder with only one street for each direction and a railway girder, along with a pedestrial border. Ater the improvement of the railway, in May 1990 it was opened the new railway bridge built alongside to the nineteenth connection. After that, it started the removal of the old and useless girder. 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