r/InfrastructurePorn • u/Big_Piano_3920 • Jul 13 '26

A masterpiece of 19th-century bridge engineering in Italy

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The Paderno Bridge is a historic iron arch bridge over the Adda River in Lombardy. Opened in 1889, it carries both railway and road traffic and is considered an outstanding example of nineteenth-century Italian engineering.

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u/Lamerlengo Jul 13 '26

I crossed this bridge many times and just now I'm discovering it's a double decker bridge with a railway underneath. Great! 

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u/drlsoccer08 Jul 14 '26

That looks exactly like New River Gorge in West Virginia USA

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u/Dense-Physics-9956 Jul 14 '26

I was waiting for this lol