Rome - Music Bridge



Designed by Buro Happold Engineering (http://www.burohappold.com/) (London)

Built between 2009 and 2011: Main contractors: Consta (http://www.consta.it/) and Mattioli SpA (http://www.mattioli.it/).

Subcontractor: MAEG Costruzioni SpA (http://www.maegcostruzionispa.it/)

Opened to traffic on May 31st 2011

Span: 190 meters

Width: 18 Meters

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Copyright by Francesco Miranda (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=214319)

Italian forum thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1078389



The bridge joins two Tiber river fundamental banks: on the right one (north wise) there is the brand new MaXXI museum and Renzo Piano's Auditorium Music Hall (after which the bridge was named).
On the left bank there is the Foro Italico Olympic area, hosting the Olympic Stadium, the Olympic swimming pool and Tennis Stadium, with further minor sport facilities.

Here's a satellite view before bridge's built

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Here's it will look after completion:

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And here's a pic shot in June 2011:

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As today only pedestrians and bicycles are allowed.

I will start with some pics I shot in June 2011 at accomplished works.

Then we will go back in time to the several bulding steps and phases which spanned in the last two years.

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Unfortunately the walking surfaces and the side prop, built with Indonesian bankirai wood, are getting quickly spoiled and ruined :(

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View from Duca D'Aosta Bridge. On the very right you can see St. Peter's dome.

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All right. Let's go back in time to analyze the different steps which lead to the bridge completion.

This is how the banks look in March 2010:

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Building process had been halted in late 2009 due to river's continuous floodings.

This lead MAEG and Mattioli featuring Rome Municipality, to completely change building process.

Here are the building process schemes. Originally posted on the Italian Forum thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1078389&page=8). Copyrights at Ingegné (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=568645)

Once completed the concrete stalls and assembled the very first pieces on the banks, two 40 meters tall twin towers have been risen on each side:

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Those were tied to the banks with four 3 inches wide iron stays each.

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Hereafter, thanks to a 800 tons crane, the several ashlars have been lifted and taken to their final position, tied to the towers with two stays each and eventually welded together with copper alloy.

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This lead the bridge to look pretty similar to New York's Brooklyn Bridge

The following step was building the two bows holding the joists, once again using the 800 tons and 75 meters tall crane, this one:

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Step by step the bows ashlards have been lifted and welded together

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Great looking bridge!!! :)

It is ! It's really a perfectly designed bridge.

August 2010: (all pics by me)

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September 10th 2010: (once again all pics were shot by me )

That day the second bow ashlar was lifted and took to its final position and evetually welded.




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Later on the crane (leased by Maxxi Lift International) was disassembled and reassembled on the opposite bankvthrough a500 tons Demag X5004 crane

Pics shot by Ingegné:


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September 20th 2010: Lifting of the second ashral from the left bank

Pics by me.

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Some videos I shot the same day:

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September 24th 2010: (still by me)

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Matching the stays to the ashlar:

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Some details:

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September 29th 2010, lifting and positioning of the final ashlar joining the two banks:

All pics and video by me.


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Some further pics shot by Ingegné:

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A couple of high resolution pics.

The detail of the stays holding the ashlars

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The bridge with its extent


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Two workers guiding the ashlar during the lift: (Pics by Ingegné)

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October 5th 2010, pics by me !

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October 14th 2010:

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October 15th 2010, pics by Ingegné:

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October 15th 2010, pics by Dr. Tamburino:

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Same day, same photographer !

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Same day, pictures once again by Ingegné:

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Same photographer :)

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Some panoramic sights from the top of the tower, pictures still by Ingegné:

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Rome's Olimpic Stadium

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St. Peter

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applausone all'impegno di tool e al thread!

You'd better say "An audience for tool" ;)

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^^ Thanks :)

Some more pictures, still by me.

February 25th 2011:

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Paint it white !

April 9th 2011

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Same day, pictures still by me :)

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Being made of steel, not all the ashlars were aligned, expecially the external borders.

Here are the central one and its neighbour in mid october 2010. They were slightly shifting.

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And that's how they've been aligned. Simply using strenght !

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May 7th 2011, 23 days before the opening !

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Some pictures from later afternoon, today. Still shot by me.

Actually I was a little bit disappointed with the result. I wished it turned out a little bit better with my brand new zoom :(

I will be back there in the weekend for a night shooting session. So stay tuned ;)

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Hand holsters are quickly spoiling. So bad :(


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Yesterday night. Pictures by me.

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Over there on the right San Peter's church:

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This morning, pictures by me hosted on ImageShack:

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The truck was rented in Germany

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Finishing works on the rivers banks still in progress

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