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Revision as of 17:14, 16 August 2010
Puente Romano | |
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 Artistic photograph of the Puente Romano | |
| Coordinates | 38°54′47″N 6°21′03″W / 38.9131°N 6.3508°W |
| Crosses | Guadiana River |
| Locale | Mérida, Spain |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Material | Granite ashlar |
| Total length | 790 m (incl. approaches) |
| Width | ca. 7.1 m |
| Longest span | 11.6 m |
| No. of spans | 60 (incl. 3 buried) |
| History | |
| Construction end | Reign of Trajan (98–117 AD) |
| Location | |
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The Puente Romano (Spanish for Roman Bridge) is a Roman bridge over the Guadiana River at Mérida, Spain. It is the longest surviving bridge from ancient times, having once featured an estimated overall length of 755 m with 62 spans.[1] Today, there are 60 spans (three of which are buried on the southern bank) on a length of 721 m between the abutments. Including the approaches, the structure totals 790 m.
Annexed to the bridge is the Alcazaba of Mérida, a Moorish fortification built in 835.
Close to the remains of the Los Milagros aqueduct bridge, there exists another Roman bridge at Mérida, the much smaller Puente de Albarregas.
Notes
- ^ O’Connor 1993, pp. 106–107
Sources
- O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 106f. (SP15), ISBN 0-521-39326-4
See also
External links
Media related to Puente Romano (Mérida) at Wikimedia Commons
- Puente Romano (Mérida) at Structurae
- Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works
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