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The Ponte Valeria Solesin

The lattice span of the Ponte Valeria Solesin over the rio de la Crea: opened in 2017
The lattice span of the Ponte Valeria Solesin over the rio de la Crea: opened in 2017 Photo: Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

This bridge can be raised. The steel span, thirty metres long and two and a half wide, is not fixed to the banks: it rests on plinths and, when needed, is lifted by almost a metre and a half with hydraulic jacks. It exists to let through the barges that go to the primary power station of San Giobbe, the substation on which the city’s network depends.

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