For a list, see List of Roman bridges. For the railway station in Wales, see Roman Bridge railway station.
Puente Romano, Mérida, the world's longest (still in use) surviving Roman bridge
The ancient Romans were the first civilization to build large, permanent bridges.[1] Early Roman bridges used techniques introduced by Etruscan immigrants, but the Romans improved those skills, developing and enhancing methods such as arches and keystones. There were three major types of Roman bridge: wooden, pontoon, and stone. Early Roman bridges were wooden, but by the 2nd century stone was being used. Stone bridges used the arch as their basic structure, and most used concrete, the first use of this material in bridge-building.
The ancient Romans were the first civilization to build large, permanent bridges. Early Romanbridges used techniques introduced by Etruscan immigrants...
Southwark, in central London since Roman times. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel...
of Romanbridges. A Romanbridge in the sense of this article includes any of these features: Roman arches Roman pillars Roman foundations Roman abutments...
engineer Colin O'Connor features 330 Roman stone bridges for traffic, 34 Roman timber bridges and 54 Roman aqueduct bridges, a substantial part still standing...
The Romanbridge of Salamanca (in Spanish: Puente romano de Salamanca), also known as Puente Mayor del Tormes, is a Romanbridge crossing the Tormes River...
Trajan's Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte de Trajano) is a Romanbridge in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in the municipality of Chaves in the Portuguese...
amphitheatres, aqueducts, baths, bridges, circuses, dams, domes, harbours, temples, and theatres. According to Gottfried Semper, Roman architecture was "the idea...
named Ponte Rotto (broken bridge) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy. The biggest Romanbridge was Trajan's bridge over the lower Danube, constructed...
road along the Simeto river and some ruined sections of the destroyed RomanBridge of Centuripe, forgotten for centuries due to a deviation of the river...
Rotto (broken bridge) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy. The biggest Romanbridge was Trajan's Bridge over the lower Danube, constructed...
road. Romanbridges, built by ancient Romans, were some of the first large and lasting bridges created. River crossings were achieved by bridges, or pontes...
The Albarregas Romanbridge (Spanish: Puente Romano sobre El Albarregas) is a Romanbridge located in Mérida, Spain. The bridge, which is built of granite...
Piercebridge RomanBridge is the ruin of a Romanbridge over the River Tees, northern England. It is near the villages of Cliffe (North Yorkshire) and...
Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio, "Fabrician Bridge") or Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is the oldest Romanbridge in Rome, Italy, still existing in its original...
the mountain sections of the road. There are the remains of several Romanbridges along the road, including the Ponte del Gran Caso, Ponte della Scutella...
concrete) with the arch as the basic structure. The largest Romanbridge was Trajan's bridge over the lower Danube, constructed by Apollodorus of Damascus...
Feuchtmüller, Rupert; Santol, Eugen: Der Schnitzaltar in Mauer bei Melk, St. Pölten, Wien, Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, 1975 Romanbridge near Mauer...
for a Roman construction), was heavily damaged by Allied action in 1945. A debate on whether to fix or replace the bridge ended when the bridge partially...
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