Railway Bridge over the Mincio River, Italy

A railway bridge to be rebuilt on bombed land, surrounded by rubble left by air raids and unexploded bombs. An adventurous and epic undertaking, aimed at rebuilding the new bridge in a short period of time, while what remained of the old one was still there. A bridge of key importance for the Milan-Venice line, a strategic artery for Italy, both then and today. Thus, in two years, between 1945 and 1947, when the war had just ended, the new railway bridge over the Mincio river was rebuilt.

The work involved the construction of seven arches with spans of 27 metres, most of which had to be built in the water due to the river. The bridge is almost 20 meters high and 10 meters wide. It is a curved bridge that allows trains to cross the river for a distance of about 700 meters. The project was one of the first to be completed at the end of the Second World War, thus symbolizing Italian reconstruction.