Ponte Di Calatrava

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  • Address
    Ponte di Calatrava, Cannaregio
  • Transport
    ferry: Piazzale Roma/Ferrovia

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Lonely Planet review

The Spanish architect's daring, luminous design for Venice's fourth pedestrian bridge, linking the train station with Piazzale Roma, is a fantasy of glass, stone and steel. It has also been an incredible cock-up. Subject of controversy from the beginning (why a bridge so close to the Ponte dei Scalzi?), the idea was born in 1996 and the bridge should have been in place by 2002.

Costs spiralled from an original around €2 million to more than around €8 million. Engineering complications and the belated decision to create disabled access made matters worse. It was finally heaved into place in 2007.