List of Roman bridges
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This is a list of Roman bridges. The Romans were the world's first major bridge builders.[1] The following constitutes an attempt to list all known surviving remains of Roman bridges.
A Roman bridge in the sense of this article includes any of these features:
- Roman arches
- Roman pillars
- Roman foundations
- Roman abutments
- Roman roadway
- Roman cutwaters
Also listed are bridges which feature substantially Roman material (spolia), as long as the later bridge is erected on the site of a Roman precursor. Finally, incidences where only inscriptions lay testimony to a former Roman bridge are also included.
In the following, bridges are classified either according to their material or their function. Most data not otherwise marked come from O’Connor's Roman Bridges, which lists 330 stone bridges for traffic, 34 timber bridges and 54 aqueduct bridges.[2] An even larger compilation of more than 900 Roman bridges (as of 2011) is offered by the Italian scholar Galliazzo, who is used here only selectively.[3]
Note: the table columns are sortable by clicking the header, e.g. for country of origin, etc.
Note on classification
Bridges are particularly difficult to classify as they, more than other structures, are subject to wear, on account of war and the impact of natural elements. The constant need for repairs through the ages has often turned bridges into hybrid structures, making it often difficult or nearly impossible to determine the exact date and origin of individual parts of a bridge. Thus, the majority of bridges listed below can be assumed to include medieval or (early) modern modifications, replacements or extensions, to a small or large extent.
Masonry road bridges
The following table lists road bridges made out of stone or brick. The vast majority features arches, although stone deck slabs were also known. Bridges' spans and height abbreviations: S = small, M = middle, L = large.
Image | Name | River | Town | Location | Country | Spans | Height | Comment |
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![]() | Aesepus Bridge | Gönen Çayı (Aesepus) | Cyzicus | 3.5 mi above mouth | Turkey | 11 × S-M | ? | |
![]() | Ain Diwar Bridge | formerly crossed the Tigris | Ain Diwar | 3.5 km NE of Ain Diwar | Syria | ? | In ruins, one span remaining. | |
![]() | Albarregas bridge | Albarregas | Mérida | NW entrance to town | Spain | 1.3 m; 1.7 m; 3 × 5 m | S | |
Alcántara Bridge | Tagus | Alcántara | ? | Spain | 13.8 m; 21.9 m; 28.8 m; 27.4 m; 21.9 m; 13.8 m | L | ||
![]() | Alconétar Bridge | Tagus | Alconétar | Now 6 km N | Spain | 16 × 7.3–15 m | M | Segmental arch bridge[4] |
![]() | Alte Sauerbrücke | Sauer | Echternach | Eastern edge of the town | Luxembourg/ Germany | ? | ? | Roman origin unclear |
![]() | Antalya | 8 km east of Antalya | Turkey | ? | ||||
![]() | Aperlae | Turkey | ? | |||||
![]() | Arapsu Bridge | Arapsu | Olbia | Antalya-Arapsuyu | Turkey | 1 × S | S | |
![]() | Kemer | 10 km west of Kemer | Turkey | |||||
Asi bridge | ? | Antakya | ? | Turkey | 4 × 10 m | S | ||
![]() | Ávila Bridge | Adaja | Ávila | ? | Spain | ? | M | ? |
![]() | Band-e Kaisar | Karun | Shushtar | ? | Iran | c. 40 × M | M | Easternmost Roman bridge[5] |
![]() | Bridge at Afrin | Afrin | Aleppo | 1 km E of Cyrrhus | Syria | 11.5 m; 12.5 m; 12 m | M | |
![]() | Bridge at Limyra | Alakır Çayı | Limyra | 7.5 km NE of Finike | Turkey | 27 × c. 10.65 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[6] |
Bridge at Maameltein | Maameltein | Beirut | 18 km NE | Lebanon | 12 m | S | ||
Bridge at Nimreh | Wadi al-Liwa | Shahba | 10 km SE from Shahba | Syria | 6.73 m | S | Transversal arch[7] | |
![]() | Bridge at Oberzeiring | Blahbach | Oberzeiring | 20 km NW of Judenburg | Austria | 1 or 2 × S | S | |
Bridge at Oinoanda | Koca Çayı (Xanthos river) | Oinoanda | At foot of town hill | Turkey | ? | ? | Excavated inscription points at existence[8] | |
![]() | çakallık Bridge | 1 km south of çakallık | Turkey | ? | ? | |||
Jisr Jindas | Nahal Ayalon | Lod | 35 km NW of Jerusalem | Israel | ? | Only the foundations are of Roman construction | ||
![]() | Chesters Bridge | North Tyne | Chesters | England | 4 × S | Abutment and possible stone arches[9] | ||
![]() | Cibyra bridge | Cibyra | Turkey | ? | ||||
Cinque Ponti | ? | Salona | 7 km NE of Split | Croatia | 2 × S | S | ||
Cloaca di Porta San Clementino | Marta | Graviscae | Near Tarquinia on Via Aurelia | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | ||
Constantine's Bridge | Adırnas Çayı (Rhyndacus) | Ulubad (Lopadium) | Turkey | ? | In ruins. Only a few piers remain on north bank.[10] | |||
Culverts in Siliana valley | ? | Maktar | E | Tunisia | 1 × S | S | ||
![]() | Eleusis Bridge | Eleusis | Greece | ? | ||||
![]() | Eurymedon Bridge | Köprüçay (Eurymedon) | Aspendos | c. 3 km SW | Turkey | 5.1 m; ?; ?; 14.95 m; 23.52 m; 14.95 m; ?; ?; ?; | M | |
![]() | Eurymedon Bridge | Köprüçay (Eurymedon) | Selge | c. 5 km N of Beşkonak | Turkey | 7 m | S | |
![]() | Gemarrin Bridge | Wadi Zeidi | Gemarrin | N of Bostra | Syria | 3 × S | S | |
Göksu bridge | Göksu (Calycadnus) | Samsat | 25 km W | Turkey | c. 30 m | ? | ||
Hadji Bektari bridge | Shkumbi | Hadji Bektari | 10 km NE of Elbasan | Albania | 3 × S | ? | ||
![]() | Jisr el Majami | Jordan | Gesher | ? | Israel, Jordan | c. 15 m; c. 18 m | M | |
![]() | Baç or Justinian Bridge (Justinyen Köprüsü) | Berdan River | Tarsus | Near Adana | Turkey | 3 × S | S | |
Karamagara Bridge | Arapgir Çayı | Ağın | ? | Turkey | 17 m | L | Possibly earliest known pointed arch bridge[11][12] | |
Karas bridge | ? | Karas | 10 km N of Erzerum | Turkey | 4-8 × M | S | ||
![]() | Kemer Bridge | Koca Çayı (Xanthos river) | Kemer | N of Kalkan | Turkey | 4.1 m; 4.5 m; >4.0 m | S | |
Kharaba Bridge | Wadi Zeidi | Bostra | 3.5 km NW of Bostra | Syria | 3 × 3.8 m | S | ||
![]() | Leontes Bridge | Leontes | Tyre | 10 km N | Lebanon | 1 × M | S | Segmental arch bridge[4] |
![]() | Macestus Bridge | Susurluk Çayı (Roman Macestus) | Balıkesir | Between Susurluk und Sultançayir | Turkey | 15 × 14.20 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[13] |
![]() | Misis bridge | Ceyhan | Adana | E of Adana | Turkey | 9 × M | S | |
Muro del Peccato | ? | Civita Castellana | N of Ponte sul Treia | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
![]() | Nysa Bridge | Cakircak | Nysa | In Nysa | Turkey | 5.7–7 m | S | 2nd largest ancient bridge substructure[14] |
Philippi | ? | Philippi | Greece | ? | paving stones are part of the via Egnatia | |||
![]() | Pons Aelius | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 6 × 18 | M | |
![]() | Pons Aemilius | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 6 spans, incl. 4 × 24.3 m | M | |
Pons Agrippae | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | ||||
Pons Auruncus | ? | Sessa Aurunca | 1 km W | Italy, Southern | 21 × M | S | ||
![]() | Pons Cestius | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 3 × 13.7 m | M | |
![]() | Pons Fabricius | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 24.2 m; 24.5 m | M | |
![]() | Pons Neronianus | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | |||
Pons Minucius | Tiber | Otricoli | 3 km S on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
![]() | Pons Milvius | Tiber | Rome | 5 km north | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 9 m; 4 × 18 m; 9 m | M | |
Pons Probi | Tiber | Rome | In Rome | Italy, Rome & vicinity | Demolished in 1484, footers removed 1874. | |||
Pons Sangarius | Sakarya (Sangarius) | Candir Köprü | 55 km SE of Eskişehir | Turkey | ? | ? | ||
Pons Servili | ? | Orakë | W of Lake Ohrid | Albania | ? | ? | ||
Pont de Boissezon | Bénovie | Boissezon | 1 km S of Sommières | France | 6 m; 8.8 m; 9.4 m; 8.8 m; 6 m | S | ||
Pont de César | Velaj | Mondouilloux | On Via Bolena | France | ? | ? | ||
Pont de Chemtou | Mejerda | Chemtou | 20 km W of Jendouba | Tunisia | 5 × S | M | ||
![]() | Pont de Civitas Avensis | Mejerda | Bou Salem (Souk el Khemis) | 11 km E | Tunisia | 2 × S | ? | In ruins. |
![]() | Pont de Domqueur | ? | Domqueur | 16 km E of Abbeville | France | 2.3 m | S | |
Pont de Duperré | Oued Chelif | Duperré | 150 km SW of Algiers | Algeria | ? | ? | ||
Pont de Gastal | ? | Tébessa | Possibly 30 km N | Algeria | 7.5 m | S | ||
Pont de Grich el Oued | Oued el Hamar | Grich el Oued (Roman Thisiduo) | 6 km NE of Mejez el Bab | Tunisia | >3 m | S | ||
Pont de Jedeida | Mejerda | Jedeida | E end of town | Tunisia | 9 × S | S | ||
Pont de Khémissa | ? | Khémissa | 2 km E | Algeria | S; 5.4 m; S | M | ||
![]() | Pont des Marchands | Canal de la Robine | Narbonne | France | 1 × c. 15 | S | One of the few remaining bridges with shops on it. | |
![]() | Pont de Mejez el Bab | Mejerda | Mejez el Bab | W end of town | Tunisia | 7 × S | S | |
Pont de Montignies-St Christophe | Hantes | Montignies-St Christophe | 1 km NW | Belgium | 13 × 1.5 m | S | ||
![]() | Pont de Pierre | Buthier | Aosta | E of Arch of Augustus | Italy, Northern | 17.1 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[4] |
![]() | Pont de Rolampont | Marne | Rolampont | 1-1.5 km SE | France | 3 × S | S | |
Pont de Sbeitla | Oued Sbeitla | Sbeitla | 300 m NE | Tunisia | 4 × M | M | ||
Pont de Tébessa | ? | Tébessa | 2.5 km NE | Algeria | 4 × 3.1 m | S | ||
Pont de Tébourba | Mejerda | Tébourba | SE of town | Tunisia | c. 16 × S | S | ||
Pont de Trajan | Oued Béja | Béja | 10 km S | Tunisia | 5.8 m; 5.3 m; 6 m | S | ||
Pont de Treviri | Oued Rhumel | Constantine | ? | Algeria | c. 3.5 m; 5.3 m; c. 3.5 m | M | ||
Pont de Sommières | Vidourle | Sommières | In town | France | 2 × S; 13 × 8.5 m; 2 × S | S | ||
Pont de St Gabriel | ? | Tarascon | ? | France | 3 m | ? | ||
Pont de St Thibéry | Hérault | Saint-Thibéry | 1 km SE on Via Domitia | France | 9 × 10–12 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[4] | |
![]() | Pont de Vaison-la-Romaine | Ouvèze | Vaison-la-Romaine | In town | France | 17 m | S | |
Pont d'Adpertusa | Oued Chafrou | Adpertusa | 5 km W of Tunis | Tunisia | 6.3 m | S | ||
Pont d'Ain Hedja | ? | Agbia | ? | Tunisia | ? | ? | ||
Pont d'Ain Younes | Oued el Kebir | Téboursouk | 9 km SE | Tunisia | 1 × S | S | ||
![]() | Pont Ambroix | Vidourle | Ambrussum | W of Gallargues-le-Montueux on Via Domitia | France | 5 × M | ? | |
![]() | Pont d’Ascain | Nivella | Ascain | 7 km SE of Saint-Jean-de-Luz | France | ? | ? | |
![]() | Pont d’el Kantara | Oued Kantara | El Kantara | 65 km SW of Batna | Algeria | 10 m | M | |
Pont d’Ombret | Semois | Arel | Arel-Trier road | Belgium | ? | ? | ||
Pont d'Oudna | Oued Oudna | Oudna | 200 m NE | Tunisia | 3 × S | S | ||
Pont d'Oued Budjema | Oued Budjema | Annaba | 1 km S, at Hippone | Algeria | 11 × S | S | ||
Pont d'Oued Bou-Zid | Oued Bou-Zid | Ksar Hellal | ? | Tunisia | ? | ? | ||
Pont d'Oued Cherchar | Oued Cherchar | Bou Ficha | 4 km NE | Tunisia | c. 16 × S | S | ||
Pont d'Oued el Ahmar | Oued el Ahmar | Dougga | 6.5 km E | Tunisia | ? | ? | ||
![]() | Pont d'Oued el Enja | Oued el Enja | Thuburnica | 11 km NW of Chemtou | Tunisia or Algeria | 10 m | S | |
Pont d'Oued Nebana | Oued Nebana | Kairouan | 36 km N | Tunisia | 5 m; 6 × 2.6 m; S (now c. 14 spans) | S | ||
Pont d'Oued Zarga | Oued Zarga | Oued Zarga | ? | Tunisia | 2 × M | S | ||
Pont d'Oued Ziuna | Oued Ziuna | Tolemaide (Addirsiyah) | ? | Libya | 2 × S | S | ||
Pont d'Outremécourt | Mouzon | Outremécourt | ? | France | 3 m; 4.7 m; 5.8 m; 4.7 m; 3 m | S | ||
![]() | Pont del Diable | Llobregat | Martorell | E end of town | Spain | c. 16 m; 37.3 m | L | |
Pont des Esclapes | Le Béal | Fréjus | 2.5 km W on Via Julia Augusta | France | 3 × S | S | ||
logis des Cantonniers | Fréjus | on Via Julia Augusta | France | S | ||||
![]() | Pont Flavien | Touloubre | Saint-Chamas | E of Arles on Via Julia Augusta | France | 12.3 m | S | |
![]() | Pont Julien | Calavon | Apt | 7 km W | France | 10.3 m; 16.3 m; 10.3 m | S | |
![]() | Pont Romà | Torrent de Sant Jordi | Pollença | At outskirts | Spain | 2 × S | S | One semi-circular, one segmental arch[15] |
Pont Serme | ? | Béziers | 14 km W on Via Domitia | France | ? | S | ||
Pont Saint-Martin | Lys | Pont-Saint-Martin | In town | Italy, Northern | 36.65 m | M | Segmental arch bridge[4] | |
Pont sur Couesnon | ? | Vendelais | ? | France | 3 m | S | ||
![]() | Pont sur la Laye | Laye | Mane | 1 km W | France | 3 m; 7 m; 12 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[4] |
Pont sur Loire | Loire | Lavoûte-sur-Loire | ? | France | ? | ? | ||
Pont sur l'Oued Djilf | Oued Djilf | Maktar | 15 km E | Tunisia | 6 × 5.4 m | M | ||
Pont sur Rhone | Rhône | Arles | ? | France | ? | ? | ||
Pont sur Rhone | Rhône | Vienne | To Ste Colombe les Viennes | France | ? | ? | ||
Pont Vieux | Hérault | Le Vigan | ? | France | ? | ? | ||
Pontaccio | Nimbalto | Loano | On Via Julia Augusta 44° 7'54.24"N 8°15'24.26"E | Italy, Northern | 10 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Altinate | Brenta | Padua | To E of town | Italy, Northern | 11.14 m; 12.29 m; 10.90 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[16] |
Ponte Alto | ? | Terracina | On Via Appia | Italy, Southern | 1 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Amato | Fosso Collafri | Gallicano | 0.4 km SW on Via Praenestina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 5 m | M | |
Ponte Antico | Fosso dell'Acqua Traversa | Terracina | On Via Appia | Italy, Southern | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte Apollosa | ? | Benevento | About 8 km SW | Italy, Southern | S; M; S | M | ||
Ponte Calamone | ? | Narni | 2.5 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.3 m; 1.4 m; 3.3 m | S | ||
Ponte Caldaro | ? | Narni | 5 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.4 m; 5.5 m; 7.9 m; 5.5 m; 3.4 m | S | 42°34'12.88"N, 12°32'17.92"E | |
Ponte Catena | ? | Cori | Outside Porta Ninfina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | L | ||
![]() | Birori | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | |||||
![]() | on the ancient route between Uselis and Forum Traiani, Sardinia | Italy, Insular | ||||||
![]() | Pont'Ecciu | Flumineddu | Allai | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | |||
Ponte Corvo | Bacchiglione | Padua | To E of town | Italy, Northern | 7.7 m; 8.7 m; 11 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[17] | |
Ponte Corvo | ? | Benevento | About 5 km SW | Italy, Southern | 2 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte da Catribana | Bolelas | Sintra | In parish of São João das Lampas | Portugal | ? | S | |
![]() | Ponte da Ribeira de Odivelas | Ribeira de Odivelas | Vila Ruiva | 1,5 km away from Vila Ruiva | Portugal | ? | S | Several arches are buried. |
Ponte de Arena | ? | Monza | ? | Italy, Northern | 5.1 m | S | ||
Ponte dei Ciclopi | ? | Cantiano | c. 3 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.7 m | S | ||
Ponte dei Ladroni | V. d. Ferrara | Benevento | 17 km ENE on Via Traiana | Italy, Southern | 3 m; 10 m; 14 m | ? | ||
Ponte degli Angeli | Bacchiglione | Vicenza | Near Chiesa d. Angeli | Italy, Northern | 5 × M | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Romano dell'Aurelia | Santa Marinella | Via Aurelia | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Romano di Largo Impero | Santa Marinella | Via Aurelia | Italy, Rome & vicinity | S | |||
![]() | Ponte Romana di Viale Roma | Santa Marinella | Via Aurelia | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Romana di Via Asiago | Santa Marinella | Via Aurelia | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Apollo | Santa Marinella | Via Aurelia, at 60.9 km | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 2 × S | S | |||
Ponte del Diavolo | Spalla Bassa | Cassino | 0–12 km SW | Italy, Southern | 5.5 m | S | ||
Ponte del Diavolo | Titerno | Campobasso | ? | Italy, Southern | 1 × M | S | ||
Ponte del Diavolo | ? | Blera | In gorge below town | Italy, Central | 3 × S | S | ||
Ponte del Diavolo | ? | Manziana | W of Lago di Bracciano | Italy, Central | 7 m | S | ||
Ponte del Diavolo | ? | Massa Martana | 13 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.3 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte del Gran Caso | Gran Caso | Ascoli Piceno | 2 km E on Via Salaria | Italy, Central | 6 m | M | |
![]() | Ponte del Tirso | Tirso | Oristano | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | Ruins | ? | |
![]() | Ponte dell’Abbadia | Fiora | Vulci | 8 km N of Montalto di Castro | Italy, Central | S; c. 25 m; S | L | |
Ponte dell’Acqua | ? | Finale Ligure | In Val Ponci on Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte dell’Acquoria | Aniene | Tivoli | 1.2 km W | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 7 × S | ? | ||
Ponte della Regina | Brembo | Almenno | Lecco-Bergamo | Italy, Northern | 8 × M | M-H | ||
Ponte della Rocca | ? | Blera | 1 km W on Via Clodia | Italy, Central | 1 × S | M | ||
![]() | Ponte della Scodella | Cavignano | Ascoli Piceno | On Via Salaria 2 km east of Ascoli | Italy, Central | 10.8 m | S | |
![]() | Ponte delle Chianche | T. d. Buonalbergo | Montecalvo | 3.5 km NW on Via Traiana | Italy, Southern | 6 × M | S | |
Ponte delle Fate | ? | Finale Ligure | In Val Ponci on Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 5.7 m; S | M | ||
Ponte delle Voze | Voze | Finale Ligure | In Val Ponci on Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 4–5 m | S | ||
Ponte detto delle Piangole | Metaurus | ? | Pesaro region | Italy, Central | 4 × M | M | ||
Ponte d’Arli | Tronto | Arli | 14 km W of Ascoli Piceno on Via Salaria | Italy, Central | 17 m | M | 42°47'53.29"N, 13°27'38.22"E | |
Ponte di Solestà | Tronto | Ascoli Piceno | Italy, Central | S | 42°51'30.62"N, 13°34'18.85"E | |||
Ponte d'Augusto | Marecchia | Rimini | On Via Aemilia | Italy, Central | 8.7 m; 8.9 m; 10.6 m; 8.9 m; 8.0 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte d'Augusto at Narni | Nera | Narni | 0.5 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 19.6 m; 32.1 m; 18 m; 16 m | L | Tallest Roman road bridge |
Ponte di Agosta | Aniene | Agosta | 8 km S of Arsoli | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 7 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Cassino | Valle del Rapido | Cassino | About 3 km N | Italy, Southern | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Caudino | Lorenzino | Caudino | Near Arcevia | Italy, Central | 8 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte di Cecco | Castellano | Ascoli Piceno | E entrance to city 42° 51′ 9.2″ N, 13° 35′ 9″ E | Italy, Central | 14.5 m; 7.2 m | H | |
![]() | Ponte di Chatillon | Marmore | Châtillon | In town | Italy, Northern | 15 m | M | |
Ponte di Corso V. Emanuele | ? | Milan | Beneath C. V. Emanuele | Italy, Northern | 2.6 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte della Concordia (Diocletian) | Metaurus | Fossombrone | 2.5 km SW | Italy, Central | c. 20 m | L | |
Ponte di Fiumicinetto | Gressaga | S. Dona d. Piave | N | Italy, Northern | 3 × c. 7 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte di Fossato di Vico | Regalino | Fossato di Vico | c. 1.5 km E of Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | |
Ponte di Gavoi | ? | Gavoi | SW of Nuoro, Sardinia | Italy, Insular | 5 × S-M | S | Now submerged in a reservoir | |
Ponte di Mezzocamino | ? | Rome | ? | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Nona, Small | T. Marrana | Rome | 12 km E on Via Praenestina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 6 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte di Nona, Large | T. Marrana | Rome | 12 km E on Via Praenestina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | S; 7 × 6 m; S | L | |
Ponte di Nepi | ? | Nepi | 42°14'28.24"N 12°20'43.26"E | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Pioraco | ? | Pioraco | c. 25 km NE of Nocera Umbra | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Pollenza | ? | Pollenza | 10 km SW of Macerata | Italy, Central | M; S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte di Porta Cappuccina | Tronto | Ascoli Piceno | NW entrance to city 42°51'32.52"N, 13°34'17.06"E | Italy, Central | 22.2 m | L | |
Ponte di Porta Rimini | Foglia | Pesaro | ? | Italy, Central | 28.7 m; 6.3 m | M | ||
Ponte di Porta Tufilla | Tronto | Ascoli Piceno | N entrance to city 42°51'24.95"N, 13°34'41.91"E | Italy, Central | 2 × M; S | M | ||
Ponte di Promontogno | ? | Promontogno | Near Chiavenna | Italy, Northern | 1 × S | M | ||
Ponte di Quintodecimo | Tronto | Quintodecimo | 24 km W of Ascoli Piceno on Via Salaria | Italy, Central | 17.1 m | M | ||
Ponte di Rodi | ? | ? | Island of Rhodes | Greece | 2 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte romano (Santa Giusta) | ? | Santa Giusta | on the road from Othoca to Carales, Sardinia | Italy, Insular | |||
![]() | Pontimannu | ? | Sant'Antioco | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | |||
![]() | Ponte di San Giovanni de Butris | ? | Acquasparta | 1 km S on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 2 × 8.7 m | S | |
Ponte di San Giuliano | Rapido | Atina | In town | Italy, Southern | 2 × M | M | ||
Ponte di Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna | Uso | Rimini | c. 12 km W on Via Aemilia | Italy, Northern | c. 4 m | S | ||
Ponte di Smirra | ? | Acqualagna | 2.0 km S on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.8 m | S | ||
Ponte di Sperlonga | ? | Sperlonga | Near the Villa of Tiberius | Italy, Southern | 4.7 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte di Terra | San Vittorino | Fosso di Ponte Terra | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 4.9 m | S | ||
Ponte di Traiano | Metaurus | Fossombrone | 5 km SW on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 4 m; 11.3 m; 11.3 m | M | ||
Ponte di Tre Ponti | Pontine Marshes | Terracina | About 15 km NW on Via Appia | Italy, Southern | 2 × S | S | ||
Ponte di Vigna Capoccio | Fosso di Carano | Velletri | 4 km SW on Via Appia | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | ? | ||
![]() | Ponte Etrusco | ? | Sigillo | 7.5 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 4 m | S | |
Ponte Fonnaia | Naia | Acquasparta | 3 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.4 m | S | ||
Ponte Furo | Retrone | Vicenza | Near Campo Marzio | Italy, Northern | 2 × 4.6 m | S | ||
Ponte Genga | Sentino | Fabriano | 16 km NE | Italy, Central | 8 m | M | ||
Ponte Grosso | Burano | Cantiano | N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 2 × 7 m | S | ||
Ponte Grosso a Pontericcioli | Fosso della Scheggio | Scheggia | 6 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | ? × 3.4 m | S | ||
Ponte Ladricio | Eisack | Franzensfeste | ? | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
![]() | Ponte Leproso | Sabato | Benevento | About 1 km SW 41° 7'53.15"N, 14°45'55.38"E | Italy, Southern | 5 × S | S | |
Ponte Loreto | Lanuvium | south of Lanuvium on the via Astura | Italy, Central | S | ||||
![]() | Ponte Lucano | Aniene | Tivoli | 3.5 km W on Via Tiburtina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 5 × S | S | |
Ponte Lungo | ? | Albenga | On Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 10 × 6.6-8.4 m | S | ||
Ponte Mammolo | Aniene | Rome | 8 km ENE on Via Tiburtina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | S; 16 m; S | M | ||
![]() | Ponte Mallio | Bosso | Cagli | 0.5 km N on Via Flaminia43°33'0.79"N 12°39'1.10"E | Italy, Central | 11.7 m | S | |
Ponte Marzio | Serio | Gorle | Near Bergamo | Italy, Northern | 3 × M | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Molino | Bacchiglione | Padua | To NE of town | Italy, Northern | 7.80 m; 8.86 m; 11.47 m; 8.51 m; 7.81 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[18] |
Ponte Nascosa | ? | Civitamassa | c. 9 km NW of L'Aquila on Via Caecilia | Italy, Central | S | S | ||
Ponte Nepesino | Fosso Cerreto | Nepi | 3 km S on Via Amerina | Italy, Central | 4 × S | S | ||
Ponte Nomentano | Aniene | Rome | 6 km NE on Via Nomentana | Italy, Rome & vicinity | S; L; S | M | ||
Ponte Petreo | ? | Ravenna | c. 3 km S | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Ponte Picchiato | Miccino | Orte | 12 km SE on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 11.5 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Pietra | Adige | Verona | NE corner of town | Italy, Northern | 5 × M | S | |
Ponte Pietra | Ofanto | Canosa di Puglia | 5 km W on Via Traiana | Italy, Southern | 2 spans | ? | ||
Ponte Piro | ? | Barbarano Romano | 4 km SE of Blera on Via Clodia | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
Ponte presso Tor di Valle | ? | Rome | 10 km SW on Via Ostiensis | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte presso Torre Pastore | ? | Civita Castellana | 0.3 km N of P. Ritorto | Italy, Central | 3.1 m | S | ||
Ponte Pusterla | Bacchiglione | Vicenza | On Via Claudia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 3 × M | S | ||
![]() | Ponte da Ribeira de Quarteira | Quarteira River | Paderne | Albufeira | Portugal | Bridge was re-built following the 1755 earthquake | ||
Ponte Ritorto | Fosso di Chiavello | Civita Castellana | 4 km E on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 5.9 m | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Vella (Ponte Romana) | Minho | Ourense | ? | Spain | ? | ||
![]() | Ponte Romano | Mannu Ozieri | Tramatza | road from Forum Traiani to Othoca, Sardinia | Italy, Insular | |||
Ponte Romano | Garafo | Acquasanta Terme | On Via Salaria | Italy, Central | 10.5 m | M | ||
![]() | Ponte Romano | Tanagro | Auletta | 3 km NW on Via Popilia (or Annia) | Italy, Southern | M | ||
![]() | Ponte Romano | Velino | Rieti | In town, on Via Salaria | Italy, Central | S | ||
Ponte Rotto | Carapelle | Foggia | 15 km SE on Via Traiana | Italy, Southern | 10 × S-M | S | ||
Ponte Rotto | Cervaro | Foggia | 10 km S on Via Traiana | Italy, Southern | 17 × S-M | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Salario | Aniene | Rome | 5 km N on Via Salaria | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 8.5 m; 26.7 m; 8.5 m | M | |
Ponte Sambuco | Ariana creek | Belmonte in Sabina | 2.5 km SW, on Via Salaria | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte San Giorgio | ? | Arsoli | 3 km N on Via Valeria | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte Sanguinario | Tessino | Spoleto | Beneath Piazza Garibaldi | Italy, Central | S; 6.2 m; 6.8 m; S | S | ||
Ponte Sanguinaro | Sanguinaro | Otricoli | 7 km NE on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
Ponte San Lorenzo | Bacchiglione | Padua | To E of town | Italy, Northern | 12.8 m; 14.4 m; 12.5 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[4] | |
Ponte San Lorenzo | ? | Bullicame | 1 km NE of Viterbo on Via Cassia | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte San Matteo | Bacchiglione | Padua | To E of town | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Ponte San Nicolao | ? | Viterbo | Via Cassia | Italy, Central | 1 × M | S | ||
Ponte San Vito | Uso | Rimini | 10 km W on Via Aemilia | Italy, Northern | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponte Sardone | ? | Palestrina | 0.7 km SW on Via Praenestina | Italy, Rome & vicinity | ? | ? | ||
![]() | Ponte Scutonico | ? | Arsoli | 2 km S on Via Valeria | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | S | |
Ponte Sodo | Valchetta | Veii | On N boundary | Italy, Rome & vicinity | ? | ? | ||
Ponte Spiano | Fonturce | Sigillo | 6 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.25 m | S | ||
Ponte sul Adda | Adda | Olginate | S of Lecco | Italy, Northern | 4.8 m | S | ||
Ponte sul Canalat | Canalat | Ceggia | ? | Italy, Northern | 8.3 m; 7.4 m; 6.8 m | S | ||
Ponte sul Lemene | Lemene | Concordia Sagittaria | ? | Italy, Northern | ? | S | ||
![]() | Ponte sul Mannu | Mannu | Porto Torres | To W of town, Sardinia | Italy, Insular | 5.4 m; 5.4 m; 3 m; 5.3 m; 5.2 m; 12.5 m; 19.5 m | M | |
Ponte sul Fosso della Mola | Fosso della Mola | Nepi | 2 km E | Italy, Central | 1 × M | S | ||
Ponte sul Fosso Tre Ponti | Fosso Tre Ponti | Nepi | 4 km N on Via Amerina | Italy, Central | 4.6 m | M | ||
Ponte sul Fratta | Fratta | Orte | 13 km SE on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
Ponte sul Natissa | Natissa | Aquileia | ? | Italy, Northern | 1 × S | S | 45°46'24.08"N, 13°22'11.30"E | |
![]() | Ponte sul Ofanto | Ofanto | Canosa di Puglia | 5 km W on Via Traiana | Italy, Southern | 7 × S-M | S | |
Ponte sul Reno | Reno | Bologna | On Via Aemilia | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Ponte sul Rio della Torre | Rio della Torre | San Lorenzo al Mare | On Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 4 m | S | ||
Ponte sul Rubicone | Rubicon | Savignano | On Via Aemilia | Italy, Northern | 3 × 6.2 m | S | ||
![]() | Sant' Angelo Roman bridge | Savuto | Scigliano | Via Popilia (or Annia) | Italy, Southern | 20.5 m | M | |
Ponte sul Tevere | Tiber | Sigliano | ? | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
Ponte sul Treia | Treia | Civita Castellana | 5 km NE on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | ? | ? | ||
Ponte sull’Ausa | Ausa | Rimini | Near Arch of Augustus | Italy, Central | S; M | S | ||
Ponte sulla Dora | Dora Baltea | Ivrea | In town | Italy, Northern | L; M; S | M | ||
Ponte Taverna | Burano | Cagli | 0.5 km S on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 4.8 m; 16.2 m | ? | ||
Ponte Tufaro | ? | Benevento | About 10 km SW | Italy, Southern | 3 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte Valentino | Calore | Benevento | 5 km E on Via Traiana 41° 8'45.29"N, 14°49'51.08"E | Italy, Southern | 15 m; 18 m; 15 m | M | |
Ponte Vecchio | ? | Rapallo | In town | Italy, Northern | 1 × M | S | ||
Ponte Voragine | ? | Scheggia | 3 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3 m | S | ||
![]() | Pont’Ezzu | Mannu | Ozieri | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | |||
![]() | Fertilia | Alghero | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | ||||
![]() | Pont’Ezzu | Mores | Sardinia | Italy, Insular | ||||
Primo Ponte | Topino (old riverbed), since 13th century Canale dei Molini | Foligno | Via Augusto Bolletta | Italy, Central | 4 × S | S | ||
Secondo Ponte or "Ponte di Cesare" | Topino (old riverbed), since 13th century Canale dei Molini | Foligno | Via Feliciano Scarpellini | Italy, Central | 7 × S | S | ||
Terzo Ponte | Topino (old riverbed), since 13th century Canale dei Molini | Foligno | Via San Giovanni dell’Acqua | Italy, Central | 9 m; 9 m; 10 m; 9 m; 9 m | S | ||
Quarto Ponte | Topino (old riverbed), since 13th century Canale dei Molini | Foligno | Via Madonna delle Grazie | Italy, Central | 8 m; 10 m; 8 m | S | ||
Primo Ponte | ? | Gualdo Tadino | In vicinity | Italy, Central | c. 4 m | M | ||
Secondo Ponte della Val Quazzola | ? | Quiliano | Near Ricchini | Italy, Northern | 6 m | S | ||
Terzo Ponte della Val Quazzola | ? | Quiliano | 2 km beyond Secondo Ponte della Val Quazzola | Italy, Northern | c. 6 m | S | ||
Quarto Ponte della Val Quazzola | ? | Quiliano | Volta locality | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Quinto Ponte della Val Quazzola | ? | Quiliano | Colle sul Rio d. Scarroni | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Sesto Ponte della Val Quazzola | ? | Quiliano | Rio del Gallo | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Primo Ponte di Val Ponci | ? | Finale Ligure | In Val Ponci on Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 1 × S | S | ||
Quarto Ponte di Val Ponci | ? | Finale Ligure | In Val Ponci on Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | ? | ? | ||
Pontetto | ? | Loano | On Via Julia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponticello | ? | Benevento | In town, to E | Italy, Southern | 1 × M | M | ||
Ponticello | ? | Cantiano | 0.2 km N of Ponte di Ciclopi | Italy, Central | 1 × S | S | ||
Ponticello dell’Abbazia | Candigliano | Acqualagna | 4 km N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 2.1 m; 2.8 m | S | ||
Ponticello di Case Nuove | ? | Acqualagna | N on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 1.4 m | S | ||
Ponticello di Isernia | ? | Isernia | ? | Italy, Southern | 1 × M | S | ||
![]() | Ponte di Pietralunga | Paternò | Italy, Sicily | 1 × S | S | |||
Ponticello sul Selino | Selino | Selinunte | Near Castelvetrano | Italy, Sicily | 1 × S | S | ||
![]() | Ponte do Bibei | Bibei | A Pobra de Trives | c. 8 km towards Petín | Spain | 6.1 m; 18.5 m; 8.8 m | L | |
Puente de Alardos | Alardos | Madrigal de la Vera | ? | Spain | 22.8 m | M | ||
![]() | Puente de Alcántara | Tagus | Toledo | E approach to town | Spain | 16 m; 28.3 m | L | |
Puente de Alcantarilla | Salado de Moran | Utrera | 32 km SE of Seville | Spain | 5.4 m; 5.7 m | S | ||
Puente de Cangas de Onís | Sella | Cangas de Onís | ? | Spain | 7.7 m; 21.6 m; 9.5 m; 6.8 m; 4.3 m; 3.6 m | M | Three main arches pointed. Dates originally from 2nd century AD[19] | |
Puente de Cáparra | Ambroz | Plasencia | 20 km N | Spain | 8.7 m; 9.2 m | S | ||
Puente de Carmona | ? | Carmona | 28 km E of Seville | Spain | 4 m; 4 m; 5 m; 4 m; 4 m | S | ||
![]() | Roman Bridge | Tâmega | Chaves | In town | Portugal | c. 13 × S | S | |
Puente de El Garro | Almonte | Alconétar | Now flooded | Spain | ? | ? | ||
Puente de Guallaminos | Guallaminos | Villanueva de la Vera | ? | Spain | 18.6 m | S | ||
Puente de Guijo de la Granadilla | Alagón | Plasencia | c. 20 km N | Spain | 19.1 m | M | ||
Puente de Entrambasaguas | Pancrudo | Luco de Jiloca | ? | Spain | 5.4 m; 11.2 m; 5.4 m | S | ||
Jiloca | Calamocha | ? | Spain | 7.7 m | S | |||
Puente de Lumbier | Irati | Lumbier | At Hoz de Lumbier | Spain | 1 × M | L | ||
Puente de Medellín | Guadiana | Medellín | 35 km E of Mérida | Spain | 28 × 12 m | S | ||
Pont de Monistrol | Llobregat | Monistrol de Montserrat | In town | Spain | 37 m; 27 m; 17 m; 12 m | M | ||
![]() | Puente de Órbigo | Rio Órbigo | Órbigo | In town | Spain | >5 × S | S | |
Puente de Palmero | Rio Gritos | Valeria | Spain | S | ||||
Puente de Piedra (Zaragoza) | Ebro | Zaragoza | In town | Spain | ? | ? | ||
Pont de Pedra | Segre | Lleida | In town | Spain | ? | ? | ||
Ponte da Pobra de Trives | Xares | A Pobra de Trives | Near Mendoya | Spain | 7 m | S | ||
Ponte de Segura | Erges/Erjas | Segura | 1 km south | Portugal | 7 m; 7 m; 10 m; 7 m; 7 m | M | ||
Pont de Saint-Vincent | Cillian | Saint-Vincent | 1 km east | Italy, Northern | 9.7 m; 3.1 m | S | ||
Pont de Santa Coloma | Gran Valira | Santa Coloma | 3 km S of Andorra la Vella | Andorra | S; M | S | ||
Puente de Tres Puentes | Zadorra | Iruña de Oca | 9 km W of Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | 13 × S | S | ||
Puente de Villa del Río | Salado de Porcuna | Villa del Río | 10 km E of Montoro | Spain | 3 m; 9.1 m; 3.6 m | S | ||
Puente de Villodas | Zadorra | Villodas | c. 12 km W of Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | 10 × S | S | ||
Puente del Jándular | Jándular | Andújar | 5 km W | Spain | 7 × 5.1 m; 2-3 × S | S | ||
Puente del Vadillo | Tamuja | Vadillo | 30 km E of Cáceres | Spain | 1 × M | S | ||
Puente de la Cigarrosa | Sil | Petín | In town | Spain | 8 m; 10 m; 4 m; 19 m; 10 m | S | ||
Puente de la Doncella | Ambroz | Plasencia | c. 40 km N | Spain | 9.3 m | S | ||
Puente Linares | Limia | Bande | On Bande-Porquera road | Spain | 7.5 m; 7 m + (2 × S) | S | ||
![]() | Puente Mocha | Guadalmellato | Córdoba | 10 km E | Spain | 10 × 4.5-6.6 m | S | |
![]() | Puente Romano | Guadalquivir | Córdoba | In town | Spain | 16 × 7.9–12 m | S | |
![]() | Puente Romano | Guadiana | Mérida | S entrance to town | Spain | 62 × 5.6-11.6 m | S | |
Puente Romano | Tormes | Salamanca | In town | Spain | 15 × 9.4-9.7 m | S | ||
Pont Vell | Fluvià | Besalú | 30 km NW of Girona | Spain | ? | ? | ||
Penkalas Bridge | Kocaçay (Penkalas) | Aezani | Çavdarhisar | Turkey | c. 3.9 m; 5.2 m; 6.5 m; 5.2 m; c. 3.9 m | S | ||
![]() | Penkalas Bridge | Kocaçay (Penkalas) | Aezani | Çavdarhisar | Turkey | 5 × S | S | |
Roman bridge | Biga Çayı (Granicus) | Biga | Over Biga Çayı | Turkey | ? | ? | ||
Roman bridge | ? | Eğirdir | ? | Turkey | ? | ? | ||
Sabrina bridge | Karabudak | Zimara | ? | Turkey | ? | ? | ||
Sangarius Bridge | Sakarya (Sangarius) | İzmit | 4 km W of Adapazarı | Turkey | 8-12 × M | S | ||
Sauerbrücke | Sauer | Wasserbillig | ? | Luxembourg | ? | ? | ||
Selinus bridge | Bergama Çayı (Selinus) | Pergamon | ? | Turkey | 2 × 11.4 m | S | ||
![]() | Pergamon Bridge | Bergama Çayı (Selinus) | Pergamon | Under Temple of Serapis (Red Hall) | Turkey | 2 × 9 m[20] | S | Largest ancient bridge substructure[21] |
![]() | Severan Bridge | Cendere Çayı | Kahta | 41 km E of Adıyaman | Turkey | 34.2 m | L | |
Shkumbi bridge | Shkumbi | Topcias | Near Shenjan | Albania | 17 × S | ? | ||
Sankt Dionysen bridge | Murufer | Sankt Dionysen | Between Sankt Dionysen and Oberdorf | Austria | 1 × S | S | ||
Susegana Bridge | ? | Susegana | In frazione Colfosco on Via Claudia Augusta | Italy, Northern | 5.3 m | S | Segmental arch bridge[22] | |
![]() | Taşköprü | Seyhan | Adana | ? | Turkey | 21 × S | S | |
![]() | Vila Formosa Bridge | Seda | Alter do Chão | 10 km W | Portugal | 6 × c. 9.6 m | S | |
Viadotta di Valle Ariccia | Valle Ariccia | Rome | 27 km SE on Via Appia | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 3 × S | S | ||
Viadotta sulla Via Aurelia | ? | Rome | Pons Cestius-Janiculum | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 1 × S | ? | ||
![]() | Viaduct over the Fosso di Ponte Terra | Fosso di Ponte Terra | San Vittorino | 1 km NE | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 4 × M | M | |
Voltarella | ? | Civita Castellana | 5 km NE on Via Flaminia | Italy, Central | 3.1 m | S | ||
White Bridge | Biga Çayı (Granicus) | ? | Road to Gallipoli | Turkey | S; S; 4 × M; S; S | ? | Plundered for material in 19th century[23] | |
![]() | Zakho bridge | Little Khabur | Zakho | In town | Iraq | S; L; S | L | |
? | Arapgir Çayı | Korpanik | 3 km E | Turkey | 30 m | ? | ||
? | Asopus | Laodicea on the Lycus | ? | Turkey | 8.0 m; 12.3 m; 7.1 m | M | ||
? | Bues | Ganagobie | W bank of Durance, S of Sisteron | France | ? | ? | ||
? | Escoutay | Viviers | ? | France | ? | ? | ||
? | Fosso del Giardinetto | Rome | 11 km E on Via Labicana | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 5.7 m | S | ||
? | Fosso della Valchetta | Castel Giubileo | 0.25 km N | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 2 × 7 m | S | ||
? | Fosso di Palidoro | Palidoro | Beneath farmhouse | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 2 × S | ? | ||
? | Fosso Malafede | Ostia | 9 km NE on Via Ostiensis | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 2 × S | S | ||
? | Göksu (Calycadnus) | Silifke | ? | Turkey | 5 × c. 17 m; 2 × 4.3 m | S | ||
![]() | ? | Guadiana | Mertola | ? | Portugal | ? | ? | |
? | Marsyas | Incekemer | ? | Turkey | 3 × M | M | ||
? | Nahr er Rukkad | ? | W of Bostra | Syria | 8 spans | ? | ||
? | Nile | Aswan | ? | Egypt | ? | ? | ||
? | Numicus | Ostia | 2 km SE on Via Severiana | Italy, Rome & vicinity | 3 × S | S | ||
? | Saboun-Souyou | Aleppo | 70 km N | Syria | 3.8 m; 8.4 m; 10 m; 9.8 m; 8.2 m; 3.8 m | M | ||
? | Saboun-Souyou | Aleppo | Cyrrhus-Gaziantep | Syria | 4.2 m; 9.3 m; 4.7 m | S | ||
? | Wadi Suweida | Suweida | N of Bostra | Syria | 1 span | ? | ||
? | Wadi Zeidi | el-Tali’a | W of Bostra | Syria | 2 × S | S | ||
? | Yeşil (Iris) | Amasya | ? | Turkey | ? | ? | ||
? | ? | Antakya | N of Antakya | Turkey | 1 × S | L | ||
? | ? | Kireli | ? | Turkey | ? | ? | ||
? | ? | Qodana | W of Bostra | Syria | 3 spans | ? | ||
? | ? | Sette Vene | 15 km N of Veii on Via Cassia | Italy, Central | 1 × S | ? |
Timber and stone pillar bridges
A timber bridge is a structure composed wholly out of wood, while a stone pillar bridge features a wooden superstructure resting on stone pillars. Strictly speaking, many bridges of the second type should be rather called "concrete pillar bridges", as the Romans preferably used opus caementicium for constructing their bridge piers (stone was confined in these cases to covering). Both types, timber bridges and stone respectively concrete pillar bridges, are listed here in the same category as historically, with the consolidation of Roman power in the newly conquered provinces, wooden bridges often gave way to solid pillar bridges.
Image | Name | River | Town | Country | Spans | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Apollodorus Bridge (or Trajan's Bridge) | Danube | Turnu-Severin/Kladovo | Romania/ Serbia | 21 × >30 m | Concrete pillars; longest arch bridge for over 1000 years |
![]() | Caesar's Rhine bridges | Rhine | Koblenz | Germany | c. 26 spans | |
Constantine's Bridge | Danube | Oescus/Corabia | Bulgaria/Romania | ? | Concrete pillars[24] | |
Cornelius Fuscus's Bridge | Danube | Orlea | Romania/ Bulgaria | ? | Timber bridge[25] | |
Justinian's bridge | Siberis | Sykeon | Turkey | 8 × 5.4-9.6 m | ||
London Bridge | Thames | London | England | ? | ||
![]() | Piercebridge Roman Bridge | Tees | Piercebridge | England | ? | |
Pons Aelius | Tyne | Newcastle | England | ? | ||
![]() | Pons Sublicius | Tiber | Rome | Italy | ? | |
Pons Tirenus | Garigliano | Minturnae | Italy | ? | ||
![]() | Roman Bridge | Moselle | Trier | Germany | ? | Arches added in Middle Ages |
![]() | Römerbrücke | Rhine | Cologne | Germany | 20 spans | |
![]() | Römerbrücke | Rhine | Mainz | Germany | ? | First built c. 30 AD[26] |
? | Churn | Cirencester | England | ? | ||
? | Eden | Hyssop Holme Well | England | ? | ||
? | Forth | ? | Scotland | ? | ||
? | Irthing | Willowford | England | Possible stone arches[9] | ||
? | Kelvin | Summerston | Scotland | ? | ||
? | Loire | Orléans | France | ? | ||
? | Loire | ? | France | ? | ||
? | Rede | Elishaw | England | ? | ||
? | Rede | Risingham | England | ? | ||
? | Rhone | Genf | Switzerland | ? | ||
? | Saône | ? | France | ? | ||
? | Seine | Paris | France | ? | ||
? | Tees | Pounteys Bridge | England | ? | ||
? | Trent | Cromwell | England | ? | Probably 8th century, not Roman[27] | |
? | Tyne | Corbridge | England | 6-11 × S | Possible stone arches[9] | |
? | Wear | Binchester | England | ? | ||
? | ? | Hunwick Gill | England | ? | ||
? | Fleet | London, Newgate | England | ? | ||
? | ? | Wallasey | England | ? | ||
? | Nene | Water Newton | England | ? | ||
? | Severn | Wroxeter | England | ? | ||
? | Hart Burn | Rothley | England | ? | abutment at NZ045871 | |
? | Tyne | Bywell | England | >=5 | piers destroyed 1836 | |
? | Wansbeck | near Marlish | England | ? | stones at NZ077844 | |
? | Hart Burn | Hartburn | England | ? | post-holes at NZ088866 | |
? | South Tyne | Underbank | England | ? | abutment at NY699493 |
Pontoon bridges
As an alternative to ferry services, the Roman army often made use of pontoon bridges, along with timber structures, for river crossings. They usually consisted of boats lashed together, with the bows pointing towards the current. Permanent bridges of boats were also commonly set up for civilian traffic.
Character | River | Town | Country | Comment |
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Bridge of boats | Danube | Kostolac | Serbia | |
Bridge of boats | Danube | Turnu-Severin | Romania/ Serbia | |
Bridge of boats | Sakarya (Sangarius) | Adapazarı, 4 km SW | Turkey | Replaced by stone arches of Sangarius Bridge under reign of Justinian I (r. 527-565)[28] |
Aqueduct bridges
Image | Destination (Town) | Name | Country | Location | Bridge length | Aqueduct length | Comment |
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Aix-en-Provence | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Alabanda | ? | Turkey | ? | ||||
Alatri | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
Alcanadre | ? | Spain | ? | ||||
Alinda | ? | Turkey | ? | ||||
Almuñécar | ? | Spain | ? | ||||
Ansignan | ? | France | ? | ||||
![]() | Antibes | La Bouillide | France | ? | |||
Antibes | La Fontveille | France | ? | ||||
Antioch | ? | Turkey | ? | ||||
Anzio | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Aosta | Pont d'Aël | Italy | ? | |||
![]() | Arles | Barbegal | France | Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône | ? | ||
![]() | Aspendus | ? | Turkey | ? | |||
Athens, Hadrianic aqueduct | Greece | ? | |||||
![]() | Athens, Nea Ionia | Late Roman aqueduct | Greece | ? | |||
Barcelona | ? | Spain | ? | ||||
Bavay | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Baelo-Claudia | ? | Spain | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Beirut | Aqueduct of Zubaida | Lebanon | Mansourieh | ? | 20 km | |
Bologna | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
Bonn | Bonn Aqueduct | Germany | ? | ||||
Bordeaux | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Cádiz | ? | Spain | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Caesarea | ? | Israel | ? | |||
![]() | Carthage | Zaghouan Aqueduct, Carthage | Tunisia | ? | |||
![]() | Catania | Valcorrente | Italy | ? | ? | ||
Catania | Porrazzo (Paternò) | Italy | ? | ? | |||
Chelva | Peña Cortada | Spain | ? | ? | |||
Chemtou | ? | Tunisia | ? | ? | |||
Cherchell | ? | Algeria | ? | ||||
Cimiez | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Civitavecchia | ? | Italy | ? | ||||
![]() | Cologne | Eifel Aqueduct | Germany | Euskirchen | 130 km | Largest ancient structure north of the Alpes | |
Constantine | ? | Algeria | ? | ||||
Die | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Doliana, Astros | Aqueduct of Villa of Herodes Atticus | Greece | ? | ? | ||
![]() | Ephesus | ? | Turkey | ? | |||
![]() | Ephesus, Sirince | Turkey | ? | ||||
Erythrai | ? | Turkey | ? | ? | |||
Évreux | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Fréjus | ? | France | ? | |||
Gadara | Gadara Aqueduct | Jordan | 170 km | Longest tunnel of antiquity (94 km)[29] | |||
Granada | ? | Spain | ? | ? | |||
Istanbul | Valens Aqueduct | Turkey | 250 km | ||||
![]() | Italica | ? | Spain | ? | |||
Kavala | ? | Greece | ? | ||||
Khémissa | ? | Tunisia | ? | ||||
![]() | Laodicea | ? | Turkey | ? | |||
![]() | Tours | Luynes | France | ? | |||
![]() | Lyon | Brevenne | France | ? | ? | ||
Lyon | Yzeron | France | ? | ||||
Lyon | Gier | France | ? | ||||
Lyon | Mont d’Or | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Mainz | Römersteine | Germany | ? | ? | ||
Marseille | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Mérida | Cornalvo | Spain | ? | 17 km | |||
![]() | Mérida | Proserpina, Acueducto de los Milagros | Spain | 12 km | UNESCO World Heritage Site | ||
![]() | Mérida | Las Tomas (Rabo de Buey) | Spain | ? | |||
Metz | ? | France | ? | ||||
![]() | Minturno | ? | Italy | ? | |||
![]() | Naples | Aqua Augusta, Serino aqueduct | Italy | 140 km | Constr. 10AD | ||
![]() | Susa | Italy | |||||
![]() | Vicenza | Italy | |||||
![]() | Mytilene, Lesbos | ? | Greece | ? | |||
Musti | ? | Tunisia | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Nicopolis (near Preveza) | Actia Nicopolis | Greece | 50 km | |||
![]() | Nîmes | Pont du Gard | France | ? | UNESCO World Heritage Site | ||
Nîmes | Pont de Bornègre | France | ? | ||||
Orange | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Paris | Lutetia | France | Arcueil | ? | 26 km | |
Patras | ? | Greece | ? | ||||
Pézenas | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Périgueux | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Phaselis | ? | Turkey | ? | ||||
Poitiers | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 30 km | ||||
Pompeii | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Pont d'Aël, Aymavilles | Pont d'Aël[30] | Italy, Northern | 14.24 m span | 6 km | 66 m above bottom of valley | |
Ponte del Toro | Terni | Italy, Central | 9 m | ||||
Rodez | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Rome | Aqua Anio Novus | Italy | 14 km[31] | 86.8 km | Constr. 38-52 AD.[32] 189,520 m³ a day | |
Rome | Aqua Anio Vetus | Italy | ? | ||||
![]() | Rome | Aqua Alexandrina | Italy | 2 km[32] | 22 km | Constr. 226 AD[32] | |
Rome | Aqua Alsietina | Italy | |||||
![]() | Rome | Aqua Claudia | Italy | 14 km[31] | 68.6 km | Constr. 38-52 AD.[32] 184,280 m³ a day | |
![]() | Rome | Ponte S. Antonio, Aqua Claudia | Italy | ||||
Rome | Aqua Julia | Italy | 10 km[33] | 68.6 km | Constr. 33 BC.[32] 48,240 m³ a day | ||
Rome | Aqua Marcia | Italy | Tivoli, Lazio | 10 km[33] | 91.4 km | Constr. 144-140 BC.[32] 187,600 m³ a day | |
![]() | Rome | Ponte Lupo, Aqua Marcia | Italy | ||||
Rome | Aqua Tepula | Italy | 9 km[33] | 17.7 km | Constr. 126 BC.[32] 17,800 m³ a day | ||
![]() | Rome | Ponte Arcinelli (Aqua Anio Novus) | Italy | ||||
![]() | Rome | Ponte Barucelli (Aqua Anio Novus, Aqua Claudia) | Italy | ||||
![]() | Rome | Ponte Della Mola, Aqua Anio Vetus | Italy | ? | |||
![]() | Rome | Ponte San Pietro, Aqua Marcia | Italy | ? | |||
Sádaba | ? | Spain | ? | ? | |||
Saintes | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Salona | Diocletianus Aqueduct | Croatia | ? | ||||
Samosata | ? | Turkey | ? | ||||
Sebaste | ? | Turkey | ? | ||||
Sbeitla | ? | Tunisia | ? | ||||
![]() | Segovia | Aqueduct of Segovia | Spain | ? | UNESCO World Heritage Site | ||
Sens | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Seville | Caños de Carmona | Spain | ? | ||||
![]() | Spoleto | Ponte delle Torri | Italy | ? | |||
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges | ? | France | ? | ||||
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Side | Naras bridge | Turkey | 30 km | Later modified to a road bridge | ||
![]() | Side | Akcay bridge | Turkey | 30 km | |||
![]() | Side | Yükzekkemer bridge | Turkey | 30 km | |||
![]() | Side | Kirkgöz bridge, Oymapinar | Turkey | 335m | 30 km | ||
Syracuse | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
Taormina | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
Tarquinia | ? | Italy | ? | ||||
![]() | Tarragona | Francolí aqueduct Aqüeducte de les Ferreres | Spain | 25 km | UNESCO World Heritage Site | ||
Tarragona | Gayá aqueduct | Spain | |||||
Tébessa | ? | Tunisia | ? | ||||
![]() | Termini Imerese | Aquae Corneliae | Italy | ? | |||
Terracina | ? | Italy | ? | ||||
Termancia (Tiermes) | ? | Spain | ? | ||||
Toledo | ? | Spain | ? | ||||
Turin | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
Tyre | Ras al-Ain | Lebanon | ? | 6 km | |||
![]() | Uncastillo | acueducto de Los Banales | Spain | ? | |||
Vaison | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Valencia de Alcántara | ? | Spain | ? | ||||
Venafro | ? | Italy | ? | ||||
Vienne | ? | France | ? | ? | |||
Viterbo | ? | Italy | ? | ? | |||
![]() | Vulci | de:Ponte dell'Abbadia | Italy | ? | ? | Was a bridge for a Roman road as well as an aqueduct (note the calcification from water overflow) | |
Volubilis | ? | Morocco | ? | ? | |||
? | Ponte Funicchio | Italy | ? |
See also
General overview
Other Roman building structures
References
- ^ O’Connor 1993, p. 1
- ^ O’Connor 1993, p. 187
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, pp. 1–447 (cf. indice)
- ^ a b c d e f g O’Connor 1993, p. 171
- ^ Livius.org: Šurkutir (Shushtar)
- ^ Wurster & Ganzert 1978, p. 292
- ^ Kissel & Stoll 2000, pp. 17f.
- ^ Milner 1998, pp. 117f.
- ^ a b c O’Connor 1993, p. 202
- ^ A Roman Bridge on the Aesepus, F. W. Hasluck, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 12, (1905/1906):189.
- ^ Galliazzo 1995, pp. 92–93
- ^ Warren 1991, pp. 61–63
- ^ Wiegand 1904, pp. 300–301, leaflet (annex)
- ^ Grewe & Özis 1994, p. 352
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, pp. 334 (No. 689)
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, pp. 203–204 (No. 433)
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, pp. 205–207 (No. 434)
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, pp. 207–208 (No. 435)
- ^ O’Connor 1993, p. 112
- ^ Grewe & Özis 1994, p. 350
- ^ Grewe & Özis 1994, pp. 350, 352
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, p. 215; Galliazzo 1995, p. 432
- ^ Hasluck 1906, pp. 188f.
- ^ Constantine's Bridge at Structurae
- ^ Cornelius Fuscus's Bridge at Structurae
- ^ Bauer 2004, pp. 83f.
- ^ "Cromwell - Thankful Village".
- ^ Procopius: De Aedificiis, 5.3.8-11
- ^ Döring 2007, pp. 24–35
- ^ Döring 1998, pp. 127–134
- ^ a b Note that Anio Novus and Claudia shared about 10 km of their aqueduct bridge mileage (O’Connor 1993, p. 151).
- ^ a b c d e f g O’Connor 1993, p. 151
- ^ a b c Note that Marcia, Julia and Tepula shared about 9 km of their aqueduct bridge mileage (O’Connor 1993, p. 151).
Sources
Main source
- O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-39326-4
Other sources
- Bauer, Sibylle (2004), "Die älteste Steinbrücke am Rhein – stand sie in Mainz? Neuer Holzfund als Indiz für einen frührömischen Brückenschlag", Antike Welt, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 83–84
- Döring, Mathias (1998), "Die römische Wasserleitung von Pondel (Aostatal)", Antike Welt, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 127–134
- Döring, Mathias (2007), "Wasser für Gadara. 94 km langer Tunnel antiker Tunnel im Norden Jordaniens entdeckt" (PDF), Querschnitt, vol. 21, pp. 24–35
- Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994), I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, vol. 2, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, ISBN 88-85066-66-6
- Galliazzo, Vittorio (1995), I ponti romani, vol. 1, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, ISBN 88-85066-66-6
- Grewe, Klaus; Özis, Ünal (1994), "Die antiken Flußüberbauungen von Pergamon und Nysa (Türkei)", Antike Welt, 25 (4): 348–352
- Hasluck, Frederick William (1906), "A Roman Bridge on the Aesepus", The Annual of the British School at Athens, 12: 184–189, doi:10.1017/s0068245400008066
- Kissel, Theodor; Stoll, Oliver (2000), "Die Brücke bei Nimreh. Ein Zeugnis römischer Verkehrspolitik im Hauran, Syrien", Antike Welt, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 109–125
- Milner, N. P. (1998), "A Roman Bridge at Oinoanda", Anatolian Studies, vol. 48, British Institute at Ankara, Cambridge University Press, pp. 117–123, doi:10.2307/3643051, JSTOR 3643051
- Selkirk, Raymond (1995), On the Trail of the Legions, Anglia Publishing, ISBN 1-897874-14-6
- Warren, John (1991), "Creswell's Use of the Theory of Dating by the Acuteness of the Pointed Arches in Early Muslim Architecture", Muqarnas, vol. 8, Brill, pp. 59–65, doi:10.2307/1523154, JSTOR 1523154
- Wiegand, Theodor (1904), "Reisen in Mysien", Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, 29: 254–339 (300–301)
- Wurster, Wolfgang W.; Ganzert, Joachim (1978), "Eine Brücke bei Limyra in Lykien. Anhang: Reste einer Brücke oberhalb von Kemer am Oberlauf des Xanthos", Archäologischer Anzeiger, Berlin: German Archaeological Institute, pp. 304–307, ISSN 0003-8105
Further reading
- Fernández Casado, C.: Historia del puente en España. Puentes Romanos, Instituto Eduardo Torroja, Madrid 1980
External links
Media related to Roman bridges at Wikimedia Commons
- Vici.org category 'brige' - Overview and map ofRoman Bridges
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- 600 Roman Aqueducts – with 40 described in detail
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