Italy's crumbling motorways: how the Genoa bridge collapse exposed a national scandal

There are about twenty badly-damaged motorway bridges in Italy currently under investigation. There are also 200 illegal tunnels, which don't comply with European standards …
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[@dipro001]

Ancient Roman engineers are planning on punching out of their graves.

[@dintadoba4808]

@@andreassag They built temples to please gods and assigned engineer walking around building to prevent them from collapse

[@grantorino2325]

That really would be "Ancient Roman *liberal artists* ." It wasn't until the Victorian era that science/mathematics/engineering became separate from the liberal arts.

[@andymanaus1077]

The law stated that Roman roads were built to last forever however Roman apartment houses were another thing entirely. The construction methods used in ancient Roman housing was highly questionable and the collapse of Roman multi-storey dwellings was very common.

[@michaelmullin3585]

The Romans built a hellava lot better than we do....

[@lukasdutli3473]

@@andymanaus1077 it was not 'very common' but it happened. Let's say 2 per year in the whole empire

[@schxn]

Maybe that’s why Italians make such fast cars. So they can get off the roads as fast as possible.

[@blackpepper2610]

Sean Chan makes sense

[@KIM-xl6zs]

Good one

[@Sirio-1988]

You are a bad person !

[@valentinad.m.9427]

Sean chan ahah che ridere... battutona

[@salmiakki5638]

@@valentinad.m.9427 era una bella battuta.. che sia amara è una altro discorso

[@wv1138]

Meanwhile, Roman aqueducts still stand

[@bobduvar]

Yeahhhh !! Many of them are still stand and well !! In South East of France and the most famous close to Nîmes !!!

[@Tavinho502]

@ungratefulmetalpansy I'm from Guatemala and we have a bridge built during colonial time and it had stand earthquakes, hurricanes, river floods, heavy trucks driving on top without maintenance for centuries and still there. Its call "Puente los Esclavos" look it up

[@damienthorne6011]

Modern Italy is not great ancient Roman.

[@Tavinho502]

@@damienthorne6011 Right Ancient Rome was great

[@richiesd1]

William Vollrath, ha. They are maintained and rebuilt, just anything old.

[@tomgreaves991]

Rust never sleeps, gravity never takes a day off. Maintenance engineering 101

[@unitrader403]

I wonder what would collapse IF gravity took a day off.. because basically everything on the ground is built under the assumption that gravity is always present.. For example i could see a few suspension bridges collapsing because their tension twists them in unintended ways if the counter-force of gravity goes awol

[@albertbatfinder5240]

@@unitrader403 I read a fascinating book on anti-gravity. Couldn’t put it down.

[@misosalmonfromthecheesecak3387]

@Militant Atheist A suspension bridge might snap up violently due to the loss of gravity, buildings with compressive structures would crumble apart and start floating, things might not fall but damage will still be done.

[@enderiskender2977]

@@unitrader403 World itself is built under the assumption that gravity is always present. World would disintegrate so almost everything can be counted as collapsed.

[@5ch4cht3l7]

This is less of an engineering failure and more of a management/ corruption problem from what I've heard. The Politicians decided to privatise highway upkeeping for whatever reason (good friends with the contractor maybe) and the contractor saved every penny to get the highest profit. Now the Government has to step in and finance the Infractructure again after they already payed the company for the same job. The same happens in germany with railways and internet: The state spends money on infrastructure while companies take the profit the infrastrucure generates

[@ronanrogers4127]

Italy is too corrupt, it’s a tragedy. Italy’s technical competence is truly world class, but it’s governance structures are compromised and opaque.

[@itecknet]

[@sharann3482]

Ronan Rogers This Neoclassic Economy is corrupting Italy even more with their privatizations

[@gregoriocecchi1511]

The corruption of Italy is equal to Spain and s. Korea one. Italy:56 spain:52 and s. Korea:55

[@sharann3482]

Gregorio Cecchi what is Germany’s

[@tanet]

And privatization made it worse...

[@hua_tetsu_cat]

The old Italians created historical buildings that stood for hundreds of years and faced many wars now the highways are collapsing.

[@blank1778]

J.R. Vasquez it’s happened in the US China, of course China, Russia Britain the list goes on... it’s just how things work they can be prevented to a certain point but things happen.. like a landslide? High waves boulders erosion. Stuff just happens

[@crimsonred7517]

@@jrvasquez what about japan? Their infastructures are best in the world.

[@Vysair]

@Justin Truedoosey that was more like a corruption and greed

[@ashleygoggs5679]

@@Vysair also not the worst ever disaster and is fair less dangerous than most people think.

[@c0r5e]

nat21 regardo they used solid concrete instead of car boards and iron

[@karimbelba5597]

“In short the operator was monitoring itself” Boeing :*sweats uncontrollably*

[@vondamn9943]

Italy it's like this more often than you could guess

[@Rhaspun]

It doesn't work to let a business monitor itself. Especially big business. Look at what happen in Texas this past winter when they had their deep freeze. It's costing many, many people thousands of dollars. Those companies in Texas didn't want to pay the money to winterize their equipment. But no doubt they've been paying fat bonuses out to many executives.

[@clayz1]

Boeing and The FAA: happy bedfellows

[@-Anjel]

The whole of US sweats uncontrollably. Most industries in the US are responsible for monitoring itself.

[@hdj81Vlimited]

yep, every BIG company does it own monitoring. IN Belgium the citywater is monitored by Pidpa, the disitributer itsself. pipes with asbestos still keeps in use. because asbestos IS NOT TESTED in the water quality........they make there own rules what to test and how much.

[@stanleyplank]

I last visited Italy fifteen years ago and remember clearly thinking how everything seemed to be crumbling. It reminded me of Roman ruins except it was sixties concrete!

[@mavic2175]

Like the bridges and roads in Rhode Island for example ? To not speak about the potholes on highways.

[@amende]

It was a different cement and without steel. The problem is the steel. While it oxidates it expands and crashes the stone

[@blanco7726]

Elizabeth Frantes i’d like to see thousands of cars and trucks drive every day over a 300m long roman bridge...

[@Zardoz4441]

Well, the Roman aquaducts still stand after 2000 years, because they were built to last forever.

[@arthurheidt6373]

@Elizabeth Frantes thats because cars and trucks arent using buildings made out of roman concrete.

[@Sb99992]

The autostrada A10 is a technical masterpiece, amazing scenery built in the 60s before computers - imagine tunnelling through those hills and bridging those valleys and lining it all up without GPS etc. The scandal is it's a toll road and that money is supposed to pay for maintenance but it's been syphoned off to shareholders instead. Zero accountability. Directors and owners of the concession, the government that wrote the contract should be in prison.

[@Baerchenization]

Driving from Genoa to Nice, most people will see more tunnels in 2 hours than in the rest of their lives.

[@Luca-ok6sw]

Yeah, that’s pretty normal when you have to pass through the alps

[@niccolosquillari3655]

Yeah, it's normal? Do you know the geography of Liguria? The only possible way is to dig and bridge here. We are just Alps with two meters of beach.

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

That's pretty cool. I think I will drive that route one day.

[@zampieritto]

Go to Norway and you will see more tunnels.

[@valentinad.m.9427]

Yeah, that's because we have a lot if mountains, and so a lot of tunnels, if you leave in a flat country of course you won' t have tunnels... what a stupid comment

[@edwardgilmour9013]

Sadly when I worked for the Queensland Dept of Transport and Main Roads (Australia) and found non compliance and interference with the product approval process I reported the issues to the State corruption commission: the inquiry board was a white-wash and I got added to the list of those on the next round of redundancies in 2012. And I haven't been able to get work since. Fortunately The issues I spotted were not as far as I knew of Catastrophic safety nature. But I've no idea if the major civil works had the same problem. Italy isn't the only place with corruption in construction issues.

[@christianschneider5511]

I know that in other European countries bridges collapsed too!

[@gregorymalchuk272]

You need to seek out some whistleblower agencies and SUE!

[@tonylal562]

Brother , politicians are corrupt every where

[@christopherboisvert6902]

Roads should not privatized, simple as that.

[@Gadottinho]

You don't want to be in a place where the roads are public, or like Italy, where it is "privatized" or just sold by the government to whoever is their friends or money

[@christopherboisvert6902]

@@Gadottinho Well, it is on the people to make sure that there is the check and balance needed. At least, when it is public, it is accessible through Freedom Of Information Request.

[@lzh4950]

@@christopherboisvert6902 Not every country has a Freedom of Information Request (such as Singapore. Over there, an under-construction bridge collapsed a few years agokilling at least 1 worker, & the government later found the structure deficient & thus ordered it rebuilt. Some of the engineers/supervisors etc. have since been imprisoned, but another had charges dropped (& I heard our secrecy laws means that the prosecution doesn't have to publicly justify that). The government has also been criticised previously for giving most transport construction contracts to the lowest bidder (only 17% aren't IIRC), which might be seen as "penny wise but pound foolish", though fortunately as the country ranks well in incorruptability it's more convincing when the government says it's trying to save money)

[@featherstone5838]

I traveled on Italian motorways some years back. What I found most scary were the tunnels. It seemed they had no ventilation at all, even when several km long; I often felt like collapsing from the fumes.

[@mattia8327]

they do though, where were you?

[@featherstone5838]

@@mattia8327 Well, I remember tunnels between Genova and La Spezia - perhaps they do have ventilation, but it FELT as if they have not. The worst however was not on a motorway, but on the SP510 along Lago Iseo.

[@attilakonkoly4329]

Exactly, I just wrote the same for the tunnel of Ventimiglia.

[@chegvra]

I own a Fiat. I can completely understand how this could have happened!

[@mavic2175]

Like my ford....

[@ThePuffamanChannel]

I have a fiat multipla. I do too

[@bmw3-er]

Oh my God. I don't know. Should I laugh or not.

[@Ruundas]

In Germany Fiat stands for: F ehler I n A llen T eilen. Means: Error in all Parts.

[@jacopo69]

@@Ruundas in Italy we say "Volkswagen ciminiera" which means "Volkswagen is a chimney" because of its polluting and non-compliant engines

[@roachtoasties]

Roads are falling apart in the U.S. too. I remember years ago the collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis. :/

[@DatsOdd]

As a Minnesotan, this event instantly reminded me of the I-35W bridge collapse.

[@hzlh2254]

Well, atleast highways in america are not privately owned. Imagine paying to a company for driving your car, now imagine paying for these shitty highways

[@razorsharp8549]

It's Minnesota, where Black lives matter and George floyd is praised

[@federicodadamo1716]

@@hzlh2254 I think it is more shameful paying for hospital treatment or for medical insurance...

[@drtee51]

@@hzlh2254 Don't look now, but the Indiana and Pennsylvania Turnpikes have been leased out to private out-of-USA companies, which operate them for profit. Other toll highways as well.

[@CMK1097]

I'm living in another Italian region, Marche (Ancona is in it) and immediately after the Morandi bridge had collapsed they started checking the bridges of the A14, the most important highway of the region, and started to secure them. If Morandi bridge wouldn't have fallen the same thing could have happened here, or anywhere else. P.S: The bridge that collapsed near Ancona was due to human mistake during works. It litterally slipped while they were elevating it.

[@niknoks7638]

Build composition: 75% concrete, 15% steel rod, 10% missing people!

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Ancient Rome made structures that still stand strong 1000+ years later. Modern Italy has trouble keeping buildings standing for a few years.

[@Adrian-Ionut]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Well he is not wrong you know ?

[@Mrbfgray]

No worries the Vatican will pray it away. God is bigger than bridges.

[@Optimusprimerib36]

Their concrete was considerably better than ours today.

[@faith223]

yeah, but back then trucks didnt exist.

[@MrXcamas]

2000+

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Estilo rustico :-) Build once , never maintain. Like the Pantheon.

[@liamrabnett3829]

Italy: “our motorway infrastructure is in dire condition” America: “hold my beer”

[@alextorres2311]

i hate when bridges fall im american many bridges fall all the time

[@paddy2460]

Yes America are the pinnacle of modern infrastructure

[@sygneg7348]

It's not our highways here in America that are crumbling, everything is crumbling over here because the two political parties in America refuse to do anything at all about it and call it socialist.

[@sakyichristine927]

@@sygneg7348 And americans keep voting for those two parties only when there are many other parties and independent candidates

[@alextorres2311]

@@sakyichristine927 yes and water is always at a fluid molecular state (wet)

[@ashleygoggs5679]

People making comments about the bridges and roads crumbling and poor italian design etc. are blithering idiots. Concrete does not last forever nothing lasts forever, The reason the roads are failing is because of the lack of maintenance not the lack of being well built. The reason the coliseum or the tower of pisa or the ruins of pompeii are still standing is they have been maintained due to their cultural and historical significance. The same way that ancient castles with cultural heritage are still untouched compared to other castles which have been abandoned. So in short if you do not maintain a structure it will deteriorate, nothing can be left forever and remain 100% operational without any kind of intervention.

[@luobomu9747]

"The tower of pizza"? Mmm, sounds tasty!

[@ashleygoggs5679]

@@luobomu9747 hah i made an oopsie didnt mean to say pizza lol.

[@niccolosquillari3655]

WHERE IS YOUR CROWN? THAT'S THE POINT! Trucks didn't travel on the Romans aqueduct, so...

[@niccolosquillari3655]

@@luobomu9747 sure it is XD

[@ronylouis0]

While you are completely right, that isn't the case. These bridges had HUGE cost cuts when they were built. A well built bridge requires less maintenance than a bad bridge. Here, the bridges are both bad and not maintained well. Also, these Roman aqueducts could for sure hold trucks, and would last longer than the concrete bridges even with less maintenance, simply because the material used are stronger than just concrete with some metal in it.

[@TheCrusaderRabbits]

Rome wasn't built in a day, but its highways collapse within a week.

[@Jonassoe]

Apropos Rome, look at the thousands of years old bridge and aqueducts that still stand today, as sturdy as the day they were built. Italian engineering has, apparently, regressed over the millennia.

[@markstockford9109]

Ancient Rome was a whole different matter to modern Italy.

[@MurrayEstes]

:)

[@hrgiyzueghe]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude I believe it's a joke about one bridge in Sicily that collapsed like 2 or 3 days after its inauguration a few years ago

[@arthurheidt6373]

@@Jonassoe thats because their mafia steels the steel meant for the bridges and sells it.

[@raysschoko]

Never allow private companies to run the Highway, all they want is money! The streets and bridges collapses out off greed!

[@donkeydik2602]

That is not the reason. Here in Québec, all the roads are public owned and are in horrible shape. Many viaducs killed people and many infrastructures are crumbling.

[@javiermandujano4835]

That is not the reason. Here in Chile most of the highways are private owned and they’re mostly in great shape, if compared with other countries in the region

[@antwonefernandez7554]

Having to work for an Italian company I can totally understand this. Really feel for those with good intentions that are dragged down by the rest....

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

In Québec, we had just one viaduc fail and the government immediately launched a major infrastructure maintenance program. Many viaducts similar to the one that failed were torn down within the following months. In many cases, the government did not yet have engineering plans to build a replacement, but rather then wait until they were ready, they decided to play it safe. Better to force motorists to take a detour for a while then to have another collapse. I think that I can safely say that the health of our infrastructure has greatly improved since.

[@drmorcoch9338]

not a good idea to be living under a bridge

[@Ruundas]

Not a good idea to live in Italy.

[@HKim0072]

The houses were there before the bridge.

[@acciid]

Trolls have to live somewhere.

[@niccolosquillari3655]

@@Ruundas not a good idea to live anywhere. If you're gonna hate I just remind you that it doesn't exist a safe country anywhere.

[@MrFlames1975]

Niccolò squillari Other countries don’t have motorway bridges fall down or lumps fall off then monthly though.

[@otanakugaming3357]

The biggest problem is not collapse of one bridge, but almost no action to stop these happening, but I mean, I hope the things are getting better

[@ivemer9541]

Jeez... such beautiful roads being poorly maintained...

[@busysarumark9042]

Engineers usually get bullied: "Sign off on this cheaper design, or you'll never work in Italy again!" Happens too often. Blame falls on the engineer, not the CEO of the firm that pressured the engineer.

[@Bemx2k]

Italian companies built a few motorways in Poland they started and never finish . They took money and ran away. Corruption in Italy is like pasta and pizza very popular and common.

[@Ruundas]

If you let Italians work for you, you have to expect that it won't work.

[@zeamagogu4029]

Same in Romania. They drag it out and constantly ask for money. And no one goes to jail. Except reporters who do their job.

[@Bemx2k]

@Amurika Dede ble ble ble TeVeeeN

[@AviationNut]

@Amurika Dede Actually Poland ranks 36th on the corruption index, while Italy ranks 51st. So Italy is a lot more corrupted then Poland.

[@Bemx2k]

@Amurika Dede Currently some of East Europe is better place to live for native European !

[@CraftMine1000]

"we found 3 motorway bolts so far" Jesus, I would have moved out after I found the second

[@solidsnaker1992]

you'd need 2 of them to move

[@zeamagogu4029]

Wtf man!!! I thoght Romania was corrupt. These guys are worse. They don't even pretend to do their work.

[@1951split]

Yes... and now those irresponsible idiots demand Germany and the Netherlands to pay for their Corona crisis...

[@rares8834]

hey at last we romanians don't pretend to have motorways i can tell u that not even the regular roads are ok:))

[@1993Francio]

@@1951split You're a stupid person if you think that all Italians are irresponsible idiots. So many Italians are victims of their own corrupt system as you can see, including myself. And sorry to contradict you but Covid crisis is everyone's problem including you.

[@niccolosquillari3655]

@@1951split I really don't see the connection between a mismanagement by a company with a world crisis but ok. It's a very complex thing and as I've already commented, you should watch after your politicians. Because our are doing bad right now and yours could do the same. Don't take anything for granted. We are not all like our state, remember that. We continue to suffer from it, and there is nothing we can do about it, just move somewhere else.

[@arthurheidt6373]

@@1951split and blame the eu and europes multinational cooperation for their problems

[@HungNguyen-id7hg]

Is it fair to say that Italian culture appears to pay attention to the elegant look instead of solidity?

[@pedrolopes3542]

The Roman colisium and countless aqueducts from that Era contradict your theory

[@shashankkolhe4111]

@@pedrolopes3542 that era was different. Those days are long gone

[@acciid]

Italy punches above its weight in terms of engineering capability. Most of these structures were well-engineered given what was available at the time. This is about corruption, plain and simple. And again, it's easy to point the finger at Italy but look at the dieselgate scandal. Nobody died there of course but the motive was the same: greed.

[@mazzerattimike8695]

Ever owned one of their motorcycles?

[@ashleygoggs5679]

when built all the structures and infrastructure was sound. The problem was the ongoing maintenance or lack thereof after construction. Concrete is known too deteriorate after so long when exposed to the elements there for safety checks and repairs will be needed. Italy's infrastructure is suffering from decades of neglect and repairs causing these failures not the actual building/structure itself.

[@gnomino]

When you realise that you have driven on some of these bridges and in these tunnels and never knew there was something wrong.

[@josephaltman460]

😱

[@trollmctrollface7450]

Impressive how they went through the whole report without blaming the EU, Germany, or even refugees! that doesn't feel Italian enough!

[@hollandvw4250]

I went to Italy one year ago, and though I enjoyed my trip, I remember being shocked when I crossed the Swiss-Italian border near Como. The difference between the state of French/Swiss motorways and Italian ones were striking. I felt like I was in a developing country. Those mountain viaducts we had to drive through were genuinely scary.

[@alampare6997]

This is what happens in a country with a huge public debt, where its capitalism gets favors from politics and can manage its interests with few controls. If we add that it is the country with the largest number of tunnels and bridges in the world, due to the mountainous nature of all Italy, that's it. It is very sad that a great country like Italy cannot bring out pride in overcoming this state of affairs. The collapsed viaduct in Genoa, designed by engineer Morandi, is on the engineering books on which engineers from all over the world have studied. Italian companies design and build the largest and most complex bridges in the world (China, Turkey, Denmark, etc.). The technique, the constructive ability, have always been of the highest level in Italy, and anyone who works in this sector in the world knows it. The problem is the habit of living with corruption and bad administration. In Italy we live in a state of permanent electoral campaign, the opposite of what is needed for any long-term intelligent project. The maintenance of large infrastructures is just one of those, so it is not surprising that events like these happen.

[@lantaw1590]

US and britain now has very huge debt to gdp ratio.. No wonder, infra in US is falling..

[@lifesoframadhangaming7364]

Its Capitalism System what you expect?

[@unknownzzz5115]

The problem is not how things are built, but how poor the maintenance is

[@tudorjason]

I remember when the the Genoa Bridge collapsed. It reminded me of a scene in Ghost Whisperer in which a bridge collapsed fairly similarly. The bridge was in Italy, Rome, but still Italy.

[@gianfrancobenetti-longhini8192]

This presentation covers some of the major problems of Italian motorways. The emphasis here is on the maintenance of the bridges, but as an engineer in this field, I point firstly to the design and then the actual construction, which has neglected normal standards for concrete structures, one being "concrete cover" over structural steel that should vary according to the place where they are built, being greater near the sea. Maintenance, however good it is done, does not remove the two major causes I have indicated above. The control during construction on some sites I have visited since I returned to Italy, would not be accepted in "honest" countries. This is caused by the whole Italian system, including the use of sub-sub-contractors of unskilled capabilities. I could enumerate many other reasons, that however would not be understood by a normal citizen who is ignorant in this subject

[@donkeythong4081]

My background is Italian my father left his homeland because of it's corruption, he never regretted leaving once. We now live in Australia which is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. I allways thank him for this and my standard of living.

[@evanhodgson3104]

I did a trip to Europe then came home to Australia for a relaxing endless holiday. I can cross the road here blindfolded and feel safe.

[@simpleman5688]

And no gun for self protection.

[@classicbmw3855]

During my trip through Europe I was on my way from Monaco to the bridge when it collapsed. And the day before I also drove over it a few times :(

[@solidsnaker1992]

well thankfully you weren't on it when it fell

[@GH-oi2jf]

Italy just had another bridge collapse, at the border between Liguria and Tuscany.

[@weldonyoung1013]

How often does that happen? Here in the rest of the world we only hear about the worst of them. If we're not hearing about the ones in the USA.

[@mavic2175]

That happens when you privatize public works. Same as the healthcare system in the USA .... ay Benettone, benettone...

[@lolicool6920]

I agree 👍👍👍👍

[@OlivierGabin]

Agreed. In France, they tried to do this with the healthcare system. Now, it is clearly visible that it is not a viable option...

[@brucebright9949]

Finally,somebody with answers,Thanks.

[@gregoryvschmidt]

Miss Mimi BINGO

[@niccolosquillari3655]

@Christiaan Overgaard you really trust a private Company? They care only about the money, you are sick? Tough luck something isn't covered. You are sick here in Italy? You'll have to wait a little bit (hours for something not deadly) but you can be sure that we won't die in the streets. We can call an ambulance without fear, we can be unemployed, it happens to all, and still be healthy and not worried. What if a friend without insurance had an accident? What if that little boy you know broke his leg? Surely it's not perfect, especially when administrated by a not really smart state (I'm looking with a lot of envy at you nordic states) but you don't have to worry for your life, for your kids, for the society. I know that isn't perfect, but when you are dying you can't choose the hospital with the best price. It's not perfect, we all know it. But at least we don't have to die, or to be afraid for anything. If you have all healthy kid, I'm happy for you, but you know well that kids with chronic deseases are born every day, and it can happen to anyone, you included. In that moment you could front a lot of troubles with the insurance companies. I've read a lot of stories like that. So, I'll repeat another time, It's not perfect but it's a step in the right direction.

[@TheCloakedTiger]

Sadly the USA and Italy are the same in one thing: a lack of infrastructure investment.

[@bernieh6571]

Hey ! We're not alone ! Here in Quebec it's just like that.... authorities wait until a bridge falls down instead of fixing it.

[@weldonyoung1013]

Sound like the downfall of bridges. Or is that just Peak Roads?

[@Reverend-ek6kt]

because they spend the public funding on their mates and then say there isn't any

[@ravsingh5347]

I visited... ROME first time... was quite shocked by the state of the infrastructure 🤕

[@hitoall123]

The desperate conditions of the Morandi bridge were well known since 1993! It could have crumbled anytime since then! (see report of ing. Camomilla)

[@MICEVVV]

It's easy, just make flying cars with moustaches on the grill

[@88manfri]

Meanwhile, since the upload of this video, another bridge collapsed on 8th of April above the Magra river, at the border between Liguria and Massa. Thankfully that day the bridge wasn't trafficked due to quarantine.

[@languagepool-germanusingli9902]

You have done a really good job here. Well done. I like seeing the tripod and the phone camera. Excellent

[@HKim0072]

This is sad. I visited Italy with my parents in '13. Obviously, we went to the tourists places, but it seemed like a beautiful country. (Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples) All the tour guides were very nice to us and my Mom still stays in touch with one of them.

[@RealButcher]

Sadly, even in our country we have this problem. Too many bridges to maintain. Also look at Germany.

[@vyshus7629]

Italy: Bridging the gap between life and death.

[@HimalayaFBpage]

it’s like final destination 5 every day for Italian can’t imagine the mental stress they must be having every day living in fear I just feel really worried about them

[@zenkichihitoyoshi9513]

Take it from an Italian: the problem isn't building stuff (only sometimes). The issue is keeping them up to date; too many laws, privatized roads and corruption lead to disasters like this. When the roads are correctly maintained, they're a beauty. When they aren't, they go out with a big boom...

[@greatlife2763]

I had never thought that Italy would be suffering from this. I have high regard for the country, but it has changed now.

[@blanco7726]

Driving around the Genoa region is scary. A large part of the motorway is made of viaducts and tunnels. Every time I got stuck inside a tunnel or on a viaduct because of traffic jam it made me so nervous.

[@charliesargent6225]

Oh you poor dear!

[@error_nr-1232]

Seeing this, knowing how ridiculously expensive the tolls on Italian motorways are, makes me furious. Where did all the money go?! 50€ for 600km? Come on!

[@mirkoferrari8008]

You furious, imagine us who are forced to use these roads every day,not just to take a week's vacation.

[@Tracks777]

awesome content

[@aaeve5676]

Y-You good?

[@emilv.3693]

@@__-bs4ds I thought this is a compliment to euronews

[@nigelkthomas9501]

So why have they been left to rot? Who is responsible for maintenance? They should be dragged through the courts!

[@davidebic]

They are being dragged to the courts, don't worry. All of the upper management of that private company is expected to at least live for a few years behind the bars. And since this has become such a political case, their politician friends can't even interfere.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

@@davidebic Sounds promising.

[@rs11200]

This is noting compared to some areas in New Jersey that I have to drive over, roads riddled with potholes and damage

[@rippspeck]

Great comparison. Potholes equal crumbling bridges now. 🙄

[@G0dZd0g]

And I thought our old bridges in LA were shotty and outdated. Thanks Italy for being worst😬 .

[@niccolosquillari3655]

You are welcome (?)

[@G0dZd0g]

@@niccolosquillari3655 it's called dark humor and it wasn't seeking appreciation.

[@niccolosquillari3655]

@@G0dZd0g it's really something to not joke about especially in a public context. Some of our relatives died there, so it's a scar still open for everyone.

[@alessandronatoli6748]

Even in in U.S.A. the bridges collapse. Should i make a list?

[@reptilev8625]

How dumb are people talking trash about made in Italy or apparently bad architecture when this bridge collapsed because of the lack of mantainance by a private company

[@maximilianv.r.williams5949]

20 badly damaged brides in Italy? I live in Italy, and let me tell you this: the figure is more likely to be around 200. Not 20. Tragic what corruption can do.

[@zampieritto]

You live in Georgia USA

[@maximilianv.r.williams5949]

@@zampieritto I'm sorry, what?

[@Ryvucz]

I hate things like this. Something tragic must happen before action is taken.

[@erichurst2496]

I drove from Florence to Venice a few years ago and was surprise at the number of tunnels.

[@Luca-ok6sw]

What did you expected? Flying over the mountain?

[@weldonyoung1013]

Could be Eric, had to pass under some collapsed bridge, which would add to the count.

[@tomast9034]

there are these tunels and financial tunnels....

[@matinahmed4883]

I’m no engineer, but who builds a bridge structure that requires ongoing maintenance over houses and buildings? Do these people not think of exit plans if something were to go wrong, what did they think would need to be done if they needed to destroy the bridge. Insurance must be extremely expensive for these buildings around it. Here in Montreal, Canada we have concrete jungles of highways too which are being destroyed and rebuilt even though they have few more years of life in them just to stay safe. Nothing can be built near these highways regardless where it is in the city so if something does happen, people are safe. I hope the common people of Italy stay safe!

[@wilting_alocasia]

The bolt that lady had fall in her garden is terrifying! Imagine that falling on you or someone else!

[@Ismael_jagne]

Why building such bridges without taking care of them.

[@microdesigns2000]

4:30 That hat is amazing. And his name is incredible too.

[@stonyrerootkit8922]

Indeed, that is Quite a Costume on this fellow-!

[@danielrobinson2861]

I saw him in Street Fighter 2 years ago.

[@inoumeni4539]

As an italian I can relate with this video but there are some thing that have to be said. In this video it seems like if you drive on Italian motorways you are gambling with your life and that is not true. As you can see, most of the episodes cited here are located in liguria, a very thin layer of land locked between fragile mountain and sea: a nightmare to build motorways on because the sun and salt of the sea along with numerous rivers and landslide erodes cement. This lead us to one of the main reason why our infrastructures are rotten: the very history and geography of Italy. Just open your maps and zoom into Italy, you will notice how our country is shaped. We need tons of galleries due to mountains and tons of bridge due to valleys, river and lake. In the few land not occupied by these natural barriers there are ancient and medieval cities where is impossible building even a modern road not counting that when they want to build something, in the first dig they always found Roman or Greek ruins, artifact and statue. Because we have to build galleries, bridges, viaducts, etc. and the building site are slowed down by cultural findings, the maintaining cost are monstrous, government can't afford this and so corruption became a big thing.

[@MsPescara]

We all have to thank the Benetton Family for all of this!! scandalous

[@drooyrich1279]

Thank the PD, comunist party, Romani Prodi and our actual prime minister Draghi who privatized Autostrade and gifted the Benetton family with this cash cow ..

[@davidebic]

@@drooyrich1279 Draghi wasn't even in power when all of this happened... what are you even talking about. And as for PD, even though it's true they were in power when this happened, it's not directly their fault. Italian infrastructure problems have been a recurring problem for decades. But since every politician promises to lower the taxes, they always end up cutting the budget for infrastructure.

[@bilboomer1105]

@@drooyrich1279 communist party and privatization ? Doesn't goes hand in hand

[@Anthik]

@@bilboomer1105 in fact it's not even close to a communist party, but right wing people call left wing communists, and left wing call right wing fascists.

[@davidebic]

@@Anthik well to some extent that is not wrong, as the PD is made up of ex DC and PCI, where PCI is the communist party. As for the right wing, there are some parties that are strongly sympathizing for facism...

[@johnwignall5413]

How many bodies in the concrete?

[@Rhaspun]

Maybe that's the problem with the concrete. Too many bodies in the concrete.

[@niccolosquillari3655]

In that bridge probably zero. I'd be more concerned of newer bridges.

[@MrJstorm4]

What's the problem bodies have calcium and calcium build strong Bridges

[@mattiabrandinelli3678]

@@Rhaspun dude I can't even explain how real and good your joke is

[@king27702]

Its sad to see how italy ended up like this, everything in that country is fucked up

[@ToiYeuYAHWEH]

What do you mean? Italy is one of the top ten nations on Earth.

[@banzaaiiiii]

@@ToiYeuYAHWEH i agree lol, they prob americans and have no clue about shithole countries in the balkans, ukraine etc

[@ToiYeuYAHWEH]

@Arch Stanton So you're saying that the Italian government is either too apathetic or too weak to take on criminals and this encourages even the common folks to be one?

[@niccolosquillari3655]

@@ToiYeuYAHWEH I don't think he's trying to say that. But our government spent money in the wrong way and didn't fix our judicial system. Here a trial can last up to 10 years! With a median of over 8 years. It's something we should fix and not ignore.

[@Handhandme]

@@niccolosquillari3655 Definetly right about the trials lasting for years, it's unfortunate. But it pains me to see people like this one who said "Everything in Italy is fucked up" like it's some 3rd world country. They gotta chill.

[@anmoldhingra7467]

That bridge in the thumbnail looks so dangerous. Constructed over so many buildings is truly stupid.

[@lucaluke1532]

A bus with 50 of my friends missed the Morandi bridge collapse by about half an hour. I went over it with a van a few days before the collapse

[@toYOder]

Breath taking scenery and bridges. Also tunnels too 😂

[@i000_]

Just more proof to stay way from Italy!

[@giovaxx69]

So glad you won't come!

[@i000_]

@@giovaxx69 Lol, your feelings are hurt little boy 🤣🤣

[@i000_]

@@Iamfrxity 🤔🤔 Who said I was "American".....

[@i000_]

@@arolemaprarath6615 🤣🤣 Then why do y'all keep coming to the USA......... What a stup-- comment!

[@i000_]

@@Iamfrxity 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ So I'm a American because I have a video of a hurricane 🤔..... Just let that sink in!

[@SeverityOne]

"...because we shouldn't be doing this kind of activity." Yes, actually, you should. There's nothing wrong with privatising parts of what a government does, but there has to be an independent agency of some sort that ensures compliance with regulations. And this agency should have no commercial interest in whatever it is checking. This is not a criticism of Mr Felice Morisco himself. Italy, contrary to popular belief, has done a lot to curb government spending. And as a result, government departments don't have a lot to spend. But the Genoa disaster is a direct result of underfunding and under-checking, most likely caused by -let's face it- government money ending up too often in the wrong hands. I don't expect Italy to change overnight and be up there with Scandinavia and New Zealand at the top of the Transparency International list, and there are no easy answers, but good governance requires a greater level of transparency and diligence.

[@moosefactory133]

This collapse reminds of a bridge near me called the Brent Spence Bridge or as the locals called it, the Car Strangled Spanner. It's part of I-75 which is a major US interstate and every time I drive across I look up the corroded metal and think to myself when is this thing going to collapse.

[@drtee51]

The Brent Spence seems finally to be under the microscope. I've seen a lot of references to it in the news lately. Maybe it can be rescued or replaced before it costs any lives.

[@thedrabfour]

7:36 One guy working with 10 oz hammer...six guys watching with really clean clothing..."Fredo, little more to the left"

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

I don't think any of them have really worked at all! They all look like recently purchased outfits.

[@AjiRahman]

that happens on all over the world mate, lol

[@rippspeck]

Those guys not working were structural engineers and stress analysts. You've obviously never been to a construction site that's bigger than a single family home.

[@Lostazzol]

Fredo is not even an italian name

[@rogerwilco2]

The guy from the ministry is hiding behind laws, that are clearly not doing what they're supposed to be doing. If you privatize something, you need a government agency with the expertise to oversee those companies. And that agency needs to be very well separated from the businesses. Otherwise you get the same problems as with Boeing and the FAA. Regulatory capture.

[@vmutuma]

@Chuck What you said about social security happened in a certain "sh*thole" country a couple years ago because of massive corruption.

[@niccolosquillari3655]

We had one. Then it was dissolved, because the operator had "some friends" in the parliament.

[@user-wc9vy4oc5h]

Maintainance ist everything. In my opinion public infrastructure should be publicly managed. The management of the Italian motorways reminds me of the management of our national railway system in Germany. If infrastructure is private managed there's the danger that companies neglect maintainance. Here in Germany the "Deutsche Bahn" neglected maintenance of the railway infrastructure and focused on some very modern prestigious projects the last decades. On some railway lines switches are still operating like in the beginning of the 20th century. It's a miracle that so far no big accident happened. Nowadays the public has to pay a lot of money to modernize the system

[@diegoyuiop]

They don't do anything until a disaster happens, then they try to blame someone else

[@danielefabbro822]

We took 15 months to build a new and better bridge. In Japan, to make the same thing, they took 3 years. Problem here is that we have rough terrain and a LOT of archeological stuff, environmental problems (safeguard of the environment is a real thing here) and regulations and burocracy. But in the end, this examples shows that we Italians are skilled builders, engineers and architects, and we can do things way better than everyone in the world. Remember that this new bridge was designed by Renzo Piano. One of the best architect of the world.

[@safe-keeper1042]

Italians during Roman Empire: imma build aquaducts that will stand for thousands of years! Italians today: how do we concrete, again?

[@spicy9840]

>implying Roman insulae didn't exist

[@t.p.6327]

Please everybody, could we just stop making jokes and silly comparison between the Ancient Roman Empire and Italy? What happenned is a tragedy! Not only is it historically speaking a superficial and inaccurate sentence (assuming people living in italy today are kinda the Romans of the present age is becoming more and more annoying), but it is also absurd to compare random infrastructures from a civilisation which lived even more than two thousands years ago to modern european ones and assuming that since some roman empire ruins are still there, the "modern romans" should stop focusing on their fancy "appearance culture" (as some people here commented) and concentrate on solid buildings. Really, what if a likewise tragedy happened, for example in the UK: would you just say that the old Anglosaxons were a civilisation of great values and the Modern Anglosaxons should stop drinking tea and build solid infrastructures? Get a clue people: some of you, by commenting with stereotyped and biased comments, are just proving ignorants and insensitive.

[@Osquar]

Welcome to the internet. Are you new here?

[@IllIlllI]

tank 2771 People making fun of the good old times and the corrupt new lifestyle, where’s the problem? You want to stop people from making jokes??

[@IllIlllI]

tank 2771 The only person here who interprets those jokes as stereotypes IS YOU. Stuff like this happens everywhere, it’s more or less only a reminder to the fact that even tho we are so advanced we still have corruption which literally tears down bridges. Heck it would even be fair to make fun of modern day Italy since it is one of the European country’s that has more corruption than others

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

• How it is related corruption with privatizations? Go imagine... 🤔

[@stefanochiodi8800]

my uncle crossed genova bridge 20min before it collapsed.

[@shizukichan9468]

I was there crossing another bridge next the morandi bridge, i was far away from there but i still can remember the bridge falling

[@user-hb8be5wb4q]

NOTE: when doing a vlog, tone down the other people’s voices when you talk, the messages you want to convey come out garbled(two people talking at once). Otherwise a great vlog. Much power to you and your cause and organization. Cheap products are forever on your mind after paid skills fail in their duties of their life job choices.

[@Eitner100]

One thing must be clear. I love Italy and I have been there around 10 times. But a couple of things are to say the least, amazingly bad. The trash lying around all over the place and what must be the worst roads in Europe. I was in beautiful Calabria 2 years ago. Great people, great sites, great food and roads so bad, you'd think you are in a development country of third world.

[@mr.g812]

Well of course if you go in Calabria you'll find the worst roads and many ugly things around that you feel like in an African Country, unfortunately that region is the most corrupted, poor and the only one completely ruled by mafia, even the healtcare system was so bad, that they had to put a special authority to look after it, the only region where they had to do this, and it still has the worst healthcare system in Italy. Young people are running away from there due to the lack of job because there is no meritocracy, to work there you must know someone powerful, sometimes criminal or some politician related to mafia and you have to be very close to him.

[@gomes2151]

It's so scary the fact that there are buildings under that bridge...

[@noaglverbodentoegang]

I miss subtitles, the conversations Italians have always sound so interesting about anything, even roadways.

[@diegoyuiop]

But it's dubbed

[@countd5955]

Man, I love Italy.

[@woobykal68]

welcome to privatisation.

[@ore6959]

Beautiful views yet dangerous living conditions.

[@SM-zx9mx]

6:20 That guy is like something straight out of a medieval horror movie.

[@NoCanDojack]

A country that makes supercars can't afford to maintain their roads & bridges?

[@Batman-wv5ng]

Ritchie fabulous Cars are made by private company bridges and roads are government .

[@CzornyLisek]

@@Batman-wv5ng Many bridges and roads are operated by private companies

[@saleh.hashmi]

well their cars arnt that solid and reliable either.... just flashy like their country.

[@ryadhasanahmed5443]

Lol Italian cars are garbage for long term reliability all for looks but constantly break down a lot and costly to repair with the parts even being expensive

[@AleTheShika]

lol, I can see my apartment in this video :D

[@mr.g812]

That's not a good thing

[@majorneptunejr]

That is scary. It is bad enough to take a chance with the other cars but you are taking a chance with the roadway itself. Will I be lucky this time or will I be the one who dies when the road collapses ?

[@joaoa13portugal]

In Portugal there are also concession agreements between road handling companies and the government. It's the exact same ironic situation, wherein the government has to refund lost profits in case of extraordinary events. For example, during the COVID-19 outbreak, because there are a lot less cars on the road, by legal agreement the government has to refund them for any loss profit. It's absolutely ridiculous. Mid and northern European countries work so much better.