Monitoring with fiber optic sensors of a cable-stayed bridge in the Port of Venice

ABSTRACT: The Port Authority of Venice, in the framework of the development of the container and multipurpose terminals of the Marghera basin, situated at the inner edge of the Venice Lagoon, have decided the construction of a new road link between the national highway system and the port areas. The road link is crossing the “West Industrial Channel” and the railways serving the terminals, thus requiring the construction of a long-span bridge.