Until the nineteenth century, there was only one bridge over the Grand Canal: the Rialto. Efficiency drives then saw the erection of two more bridges (replaced in the 1930s) at useful crossing places. The Ponte degli Scalzi at the northern end of the Grand Canal serves the town's road terminus and railway station, and the Accademia crosses the canal's southern bend.
Way back in the 1990s it was decided to give the town a new, fourth crossing. The project was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and in the absence of an official name (not yet announced) the bridge has taken his name, and is known as the Ponte di Calatrava. It will be a long sweeping form of glass and steel accessed by steps (we're not sure if the modesty of skirt-wearing women, in this area of loiterers, was considered any more than the need for wheelchair access).
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