Ponte Guglielmo Marconi, also known as Ponte Marconi, is a Roman bridge that connects Piazza Augusto Righi with Piazza Tommaso Edison, in

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Portuense Portuense is the 11th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q.XI. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 15b, in the Municipio XV. The population of the urbanistic area amounts to 30.362 inhabitants. There ...

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Description

The bridge was built between 1937 and 1955; the construction was interrupted because of World War II and was resumed only in 1953. The bridge was dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi, bearing the same name as the long avenue (Viale Guglielmo Marconi) through it. At about , it is the longest bridge in Rome.Ravaglioli (1997) p. 54 It has six arches and is about wide.

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* * Marconi Bridges completed in 1955 Rome Q. X Ostiense Rome Q. XI Portuense 1955 establishments in Italy {{Italy-bridge-struct-stub