Ponte del Gran Caso
Coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′ 56 ″ N , 13 ° 35 ′ 14 ″ E
| Ponte del Grancaso | ||
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| Crossing of | Grancaso | |
| place | Near San Pietro, Ascoli Piceno ( Italy ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge with vaulted vaults | |
| width | 3.3 m | |
| Number of openings | 3 (including flood outlets) | |
| Clear width | 6 m | |
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The Ponte del Gran Caso is a Roman bridge over the Torrente Gran Caso two kilometers south of the town of Ascoli Piceno ( central Italy ), it shortened a street already existing in antiquity, which had to overcome a gorge-like incision in the current town of San Pietro.
The building, surrounded by dense vegetation, is about 50 m above a modern successor building on private property and today only serves to support a wooden shed built there. The bridge has a span of 6 m, a width of 3.3 m and is made of travertine . On a bridge ramp there are two relief arches , of which the segment arch-shaped one extends from the floor to half the height of the main arch.
A comparable flood opening can also be found at the Ponte di Pioraco , also in central Italy.
Individual evidence
literature
- Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges , Cambridge University Press 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , pp. 87, 171