Based on the current pace of construction, a 19-span replacement for the ill-fated Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy, will open to traffic before investigators identify the cause of its disastrous collapse last year and prosecute any culpable individuals.
The 1.1-kilometer-long viaduct is on course to open next spring, months before the second anniversary of the partial collapse of the old post-tensioned concrete structure that caused 43 deaths and severed connections across the port city.