Port City: Metre-Long Section and Benetton Family

port city: An 80-metre-long section of the bridge, part of a motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern France, gave way on Tuesday in busy lunchtime traffic, sending dozens of vehicles into free-fall, according to Nine News Australia. Autostrade per l'Italia, part of Milan-listed international toll-road group Atlantia and owned by the Italy's Benetton family, operated the motorway. To improve your experience update it here News World Italy threatens action over bridge deaths12 43pm Aug 16, biggest toll-road operator has came under heavy stockmarket attack and the government says it could impose a heavy fine or revoke its concession over a bridge collapse that killed at least 38 people. It says it made regular, thorough safety checks on the 1.2 km-long viaduct, which was completed in 1967 and overhauled two years ago. Genoa's chief prosecutor, Francesco Cozzi, said 10-20 people were still missing. At the disaster scene, cranes moved away chunks of rubble as rescue teams searched for survivors. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.