After the fire, the Iron Bridge reopens in Rome, aiming for restoration

(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 03 - The Ponte dell'Industria will reopen as soon as possible, probably "within ten days".

After the fire, which took place last October 2, which saw a historic bridge in the capital amidst the flames, it will finally be used again by the Romans to move between the Ostiense and Marconi districts.

"In the next few days it will reopen to traffic.

   Just today the static verification report was received at the offices of Rome Capital on the basis of which it is possible to proceed with the reopening of the bridge ", announced the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri." Within 10 days - he added - we expect the Bridge to be returned to the city ". Enveloped by flames in the night, damaged in several places, probably due to a gas stove used on a makeshift bed, the Ponte dell'Industria, better known in Rome as the Iron Bridge, due to its characteristic structure, is returned to its territory, making us forget the traffic jams caused by its closure. The fire, which took place the night before the elections, "damaged the dock below,the iron walkway occupied by cables and the sidewalk on the sea side "but from the results of the investigations and technical calculations, the Capitol makes it known, the" real structure of the bridge has not suffered significant damage "such as to make it unusable." The transit - he specified the Councilor for Public Works Ornella Segnini - will take place under the same conditions and in the same configuration as the Bridge before the fire, with the sole exclusion of the damaged sidewalk that cannot be used by pedestrians ". An intervention, the commissioner promised that it does not stop at the reopening : "We have already started a discussion table with the Special Superintendency of Rome to ensure that the Pontedell'Industria, subjected to protection and an example of industrial archeology,it is also restored to adapt it to the current regulations on iron works and, through measures that do not impact on the nineteenth-century structure, it can also be used for the transit of vehicles of greater weight and dimensions "(ANSA).