Ponte Cavour is a bridge over the Tiber in Rome. It connects Piazza del Porto di Ripetta to Lungotevere dei Mellini, joining the Campo Marzio and Prati districts. Angelo Vescovali designed it, and it was built from 1896 to 1901. It was inaugurated on 25 May 1901. It replaced a temporary footbridge, the Passerella di Ripetta, from 1878. The bridge is named for Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour.
It has five masonry arches covered in travertine. It is about 361 feet (110 meters) long and 67 feet (20.5 meters) wide. It links Piazza Cavour with the Campo Marzio area near the Ara Pacis.
Since the postwar period it has been a New Year tradition for swimmers to jump from the parapet into the Tiber on the morning of 1 January.
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