Ponte sospeso di San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy
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Dirkjogt
N 44° 03.186 E 010° 46.050
32T E 641582 N 4879289
The ‘Ponte sospeso’ (suspension bridge) at Mammiano Basso is a footbridge (simple suspension bridge) that connects the two sides of the river Lima.
Waymark Code: WMC2MQ
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 07/18/2011
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The suspension bridge hangs on four steel cables, measuring 227 meters long, 36 meters in height and 1.3 meters wide.
Opened in June 1923 , built following the idea of Vincenzo Scotti Douglas , Count of San Giorgio della Scala, director of the ‘Società Metallurgica Italiana’. Work began in 1920 with the help of about thirty workers, who anchored the cables.
It served as a passage for the workers in the factories located on the opposite side. Without this bridge the workers would have to walk about 6 kilometres to reach the workplace.
This simple suspension bridge, which has helped improve road conditions in the valley, now represents a pole of attraction for the tourists in the Pistoia Mountains.
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