Riccardo Morandi

Riccardo Morandi ( born September 1, 1902 in Rome, † December 25, 1989 ) was an Italian engineer. Its running in prestressed concrete bridges, such as the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge - over Lake Maracaibo, the Polcevera Viaduct in Genoa, the Viadotto Ansa del Tevere in Rome, the bridge over the Wadi al - Kuf in Libya were known, the Puente Pumarejo in Barranquilla, Colombia and the Carpineto bridge on the Raccordo autostradale 5 in Southern ..

Career

After completing his engineering studies (1927 ) Morandi worked in Calabria and met with the elimination of earthquake damage to the usefulness of pre-stressed concrete. With his office in Rome he designed in consequence mainly cinema buildings and bridges. He was also involved in the expansion of the Roman airport of Fiumicino. Morandi taught bridge at the University of Florence and at the University of Rome. His main works include the Ponte Amerigo Vespucci in Florence (1957) and the Barranquilla bridge over the Rio Magdalena in Colombia, 1974. Portions of the bridge over Lake Maracaibo fell after a collision with a an oil tanker on 6 April 1964.