11 - The collapse of the Morandi bridge, Genoa cut in two - Disasters, True Stories

In 1959 ANAS, or "National Roads Company", organized a contest in Italy to connect two sections of the A10 freeway, nicknamed "the freeway of flowers", over the Polcevera river, to Genoa. The task is not obvious, even turns out to be quite a headache. Who would have thought, 50 years later, that it would lose its footing and collapse like a house of cards? No one did. And yet, there was no lack of warning signs of the disaster... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices