Ponte Duca d'Aosta

A large concrete bridge with arches crossing a dry grassy ditch, its side wall covered in graffiti. — Side view of the concrete bridge showing two arches spanning a dry, overgrown channel, with large graffiti tags on the abutment wall, Rome. Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Rome · Flaminio · Tiber crossing to Foro Italico

Ponte Duca d’Aosta

A reinforced concrete bridge over the Tiber in Rome, built to connect the Flaminio district with the Foro Italico sports complex.

At a glance

The bridge stands between Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon di Revel and Piazza Lauro de Bosis. It is described in sources as a monumental entrance to the Foro Italico, built in travertine-clad reinforced concrete. The structure carries a wide road over the river, with a central arch spanning the water.

Key facts

Where: Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon di Revel, Rome
What: Bridge
When: 1939
GPS: 41.9312, 12.4605 · Open in Google Maps

History

The first documented idea for a bridge here came from the architect Enrico Del Debbio’s 1927 project for the Foro Mussolini, now the Foro Italico. In May 1935 the Ministero dei Lavori Pubblici held a competition-appalto for the design and construction. Among 18 projects, the one by architect Vincenzo Fasolo won. Works began on 21 June 1936. Structural testing took place on 4 March 1939, and the bridge went into operation on 26 March 1939. The structure is 222 metres long and 30 metres wide. It has three lowered arches; the central one measures 100 metres, and the side ones are 25 metres each. At the four corners at street level, marble pillars display high-reliefs by sculptors Ercole Drei, Domenico Ponzi, Oddo Aliventi and Vico Consorti. The reliefs show scenes from the First World War connected to the rivers Sile, Piave, Tagliamento and Isonzo, and the actions of the Third Army of Duke Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta. Before the bridge existed, the area was known for the fiumaroli, people who frequented the bathhouses then in vogue and performed daring feats in the water.

What you see

The first photograph shows a side view of the massive concrete bridge. Two arches span a dry, overgrown channel, and the abutment wall carries large graffiti tags. The second photograph looks along a wide, empty asphalt road towards the bridge in the distance, with the steel and white structure visible under a bright sky. The third photograph looks past a concrete wall and trees towards the bridge; the wall is covered in graffiti, and a more distant steel truss bridge appears in the background. The images show the bridge still in use by road traffic.

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Nearby

University of Rome Foro Italico — a short walk from the bridge
CONI – Headquarters – Academy of Physical Education — a short walk from the bridge
The library of the Institute of Administrative Studies in Rome — a short walk from the bridge

Gallery

A wide empty asphalt road leading toward a distant white truss bridge, flanked by tall streetlights and concrete steps. — An empty multi-lane road stretches toward a steel truss bridge in the distance under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

View over a concrete wall and trees toward an arched bridge with a steel truss structure visible in the background. — Looking past a graffiti-marked concrete wall and lush trees, an arched bridge and a distant steel bridge span the landscape Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Sources

Turismo Roma, Ponte Duca d’Aosta | Turismo Roma: design, construction, dimensions, reliefs and historical context
Info.Roma.it, ▷ Ponte Duca d’Aosta, Roma: competition details, opening day and structural testing
Anna Zelli, Ponte Duca d’Aosta, Roma: additional description of the bridge and its setting
Stefano Vigolo, photographs and notes to the editorial staff (2026): identification of the subject. Not a published source

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