CASE STUDY A floating bridge in the heart of a historic city Rimini, Italy In 2019, Walcon Marine Italia completed a sensitive installation in the heart of the historic Italian city of Rimini, involving the design and build of a floating bridge linking the two banks of the ancient Canal de Ponente. Its purpose, to provide a new and safe route for foot and bicycle traffic across the canal. From it, residents and tourists can now also enjoy unparalleled views of the neighbouring 2,000-year old Ponte di Tiberio (Tiberius Bridge), one of the city’s top tourist attractions and which to this day continues to be used by vehicles crossing the canal. The new Walcon foot bridge is 36 metres in length and was fabricated using three heavy duty System 21 pontoons. Each of these is 12 me

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