That is one truly AMAZING bridge. Though it may have been ok for horse-carts and pedestrians, I can't imagine driving over it. We're all very fortunate that it survived WWII.
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The Ponte della Maddalena, commonly known as "Devil's Bridge", is a work dating from the twelfth-thirteenth century. An imposing architectural, crossing the river Serchio with three asymmetric arches. The bridge was built by the Countess Matilde di Canossa and restored by Castruccio Castracani. In the early years of the twentieth century, on the right side of the bridge, it was erected a new arc to allow the construction of the railway. The bridge is called "the Devil" for an ancient folk legend. The manufacturer, unable to raise the major arc thus completing the work, implored the help of the Devil. These, granted his cooperation, in exchange for the first soul that had crossed the bridge. Thanks to the Devil so the bridge was built in one night. However slyly the manufacturer sent a dog to run up the bridge. The devil deceived now disappeared in the waters of the river Serchio soul content with a beast.
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