Engineering study in 2017 warned about state of Italian bridge


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Aug 2018

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa, Italy August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

MILAN (Reuters) - An engineering study commissioned by Italian motorway operator Autostrade last year warned about the condition of a bridge that collapsed this week in Genoa, the head of the university department that conducted the study said on Friday.

Autostrade per l'Italia, controlled by infrastructure group Atlantia, manages the section of the A10 motorway linking the French border to the port city where the 50-year-old bridge gave way on Tuesday, killing at least 38 people.

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