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Paolo Borlenghi et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 62 (2024) 468–475 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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event). The flood caused severe damage to the streets, railway tracks and buildings in areas nearby the bridge. However, no evidence of damage was detected on the bridge. Consequently, after the flood event visual inspections were performed – revealing an intense debris accumulation (Fig. 5b) – together with field measurements of water depth with a stadia rod. The local measures on pier P05 – taken from the extrados of the foundation plinth – resulted in 5.5 m at the upstream side and 2.7 m at the downstream side.

Fig. 4. The different strengthening interventions on the piers.

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Fig. 5. Visual inspections: (a) foundation scour at pier P07; (b) debris accumulation on pier P05 after the October 2020 flood.