[matant]

It's incredible how well documented and rich of information is the article. I'm Italian and I could not find in any Italian newspapers all the information that I needed! It makes me aware of how poor is the information in my country!

[jaclaz]

JFYI (Italian) among many others, these are the more technical ones:

https://www.ingenio-web.it/20966-il-crollo-del-ponte-morandi...

https://www.ingenio-web.it/20925-il-viadotto-sul-polcevera-e...

https://www.ingenio-web.it/20939-ing-camomilla-come-e-perche...

[pb060]

True, but those are technical ones. I couldn't find any article explaining what a "strallo" is, in fact "cos'è uno strallo" (what is a straw) seems to be a common search based on Google's autocomplete.

[jaclaz]

>True, but those are technical ones. I couldn't find any article explaining what a "strallo" is, in fact "cos'è uno strallo" (what is a straw) seems to be a common search based on Google's autocomplete.

It's not a "straw", it is a "stay" in English.

Strallo is a term mutuated from boats, a sail boat has a mast (albero) that is kept vertical and strong by one or more sets of "stays" (stralli):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stays_(nautical)

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(vela)

On the sail boat the function of the stay is "opposite" to that of a bridge stay, it is used to keep the mast pressed to the base and more rigid, on a bridge they are simply "suspension supports" allowing to carry the weight of the viaduct deck and transferring the vertical load to the tower or pylon (torre o antenna).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(ingegneria)

[walterstucco]

I share the sentiment

The best piece I've read about the disaster