The Scalzi Bridge in Venice is, together with the Rialto Bridge, the Accademia Bridge and the Constitution Bridge, one of the four bridges that cross the Grand Canal.
It is also called the station or railway bridge due to the proximity of the Santa Lucia railway station.
A first bridge was built in 1858 by the English engineer Alfred Neville under the Habsburg domination, to improve access to the recently built railway station. It was a cast iron bridge with a straight structure, very similar to the one erected a few years earlier by Neville himself at the Academy. The limited height (4 meters) prevented the passage of boats with trees and the openly "industrial" style did not reconcile aesthetically with the surrounding structures. The cast iron also began to show signs of structural failure in some points after a few years, so the Municipality of Venice was forced in the early thirties to make a quick decision regarding its replacement.
The metal bridge was therefore replaced by a new single arch bridge entirely in Istrian stone, designed by the engineer Eugenio Miozzi. Construction work began on May 4, 1932, and the bridge was inaugurated just two years later, on October 28, 1934.
Ponte degli Scalzi or the Station
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Stefano Vigolo