Kharaba Bridge
Coordinates: 32 ° 33 ′ 4 ″ N , 36 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E
| Charaba Bridge | ||
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| Crossing of | Wadi Zeidi | |
| place | Near Bostra ( Syria ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge with vaulted vaults | |
| width | 4.52 m | |
| Number of openings | 3 | |
| Clear width | 3.8 m | |
| Pillar strength | 2.4 m | |
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The Charaba Bridge is a Roman road bridge in Syria near the ancient city of Bostra (today: Bosra Ash-Sham).
The construction, located in the old cultural landscape of the Hauran , crosses the Wadi Zeidi, an inlet of the Jarmuk , 3.5 km northwest of the city . The span of the three round arches is 3.8 m each, the height up to the transom line 2.5 m and the pillar thickness 2.4 m; the width of the bridge is 4.52 m. At the eastern bridge approach there is a smaller, square water passage, which is supported by a pillar with a capital . The vault and exterior cladding of the bridge, which is in a fairly good state of preservation, consist of predominantly black-greenish basalt blocks .
In the immediate vicinity, at least two other Roman bridges have survived over the Wadi Zeidi: the Djemerrin bridge and the one in At-Tayyibeh.
literature
- Theodor Kissel , Oliver Stoll: The bridge at Nimreh. A testimony to Roman transport policy in Hauran, Syria , in: Antike Welt , Vol. 31, No. 2 (2000), pp. 109–125
- Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges , Cambridge University Press 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , p. 131