Roman bridge

This article provides an overview of bridge structures of all ages called Roman bridges ; a list of bridges built in the Roman Empire can be found in the List of Roman Bridges .

'Ponte dei Salti' near Lavertezzo

As a Roman bridge several bridges are German-speaking area designated by the Romans were built. The name is also used for numerous old bridges, some of which date from much later eras. In the Romansh- speaking area, the term Römerbrücke (or Roman Bridge ) is also used in the respective national language for a number of bridge structures of different ages.

Germany

Roman times

• The Roman bridge in Deiningen near Nördlingen still has foundations from Roman times.
• Roman bridges in Koblenz
• Roman bridge in Cologne
• Roman Bridge in Mainz , even Pons Ingeniosa called
• Roman bridge in Trier
• The wooden Roman bridge over the Danube near Stepperg (model in the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching)

Later time

• The Roman bridge in Gerbrunn was completed in 1769.
• The Roman bridge in Jestetten was built in 1696.
• Roman bridge in Osnabrück - Eversburg from 1718.

Austria

Roman times

• Roman bridge in Adriach , Frohnleiten (Styria)
• The Roman bridge near Lanzing (Lower Austria) dates from the 3rd or 4th century.
• Roman bridge in Oberaich (Styria)

Later time

• The Roman bridge in Scheibbs was built in 1554.
• The Roman bridge in Bad Vigaun (Salzburg) was built in 1613.
• The Roman bridge in Grins (Tyrol) was completed around 1550.
• The Roman bridge near Tösens (Tyrol) corresponds in form and construction to the Roman bridge construction technology, but probably dates from the Middle Ages.

Switzerland

Later time

• The Roman bridge over the Dala, which connects Inden and Leuk (Wallis), was built in 1539 by the builder Ulrich Ruffiner .
• The Ponte dei Salti near Lavertezzo in Valle Verzasca (Canton Ticino) was built in post-Roman times, but is incorrectly referred to in travel guides as the Roman Bridge or Ponte Romano .
• The Ponte Romano in Aquila in the Ticino Blenio Valley was also built in post-Roman times. The bridge, built in 1461, is one of the oldest preserved in Switzerland.
• Also in Ticino, near Intragna , is the Ponte Romano , which was built in 1578 and crosses the Melezza.

France

Roman bridge is called pont romain in French .

• Pont Romain in Saint-Thibéry (Languedoc-Roussillon)
• Pont Romain in Vaison-la-Romaine (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Italy

Roman bridge is called ponte romano in Italian .

• Ponte Romano in Acquasanta Terme (Marche)
• Ponte Romano di Solestà in Ascoli Piceno (Marche)

Portugal

Roman bridge is called ponte romana in Portuguese .

• Ponte Romana in Alcanelde (Alentejo)
• Ponte Romana in Chaves (Região Norte)

Spain

Roman bridge is called puente romano in Spanish .

• Alcantara Bridge (Extremadura)
• Puente Romano in Cordoba (Andalusia)
• Puente Romano in Mérida (Extremadura)

Other uses

• The Römerbrücke power plant in Saarbrücken
• Roman Bridge train station in Conwy County Borough, Wales

Web links

Wiktionary: Römerbrücke  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Commons : Ancient Roman bridges  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The exact chronological classification in antiquity or post-antiquity is in some cases controversial or unclear.
2. ↑ Deiningen. Institute for Economic Ecology , accessed April 12, 2013 . 
3. ↑ "Römerbrücke" in Jestetten. In: Jestetter @rchiv. Bildungswerk Jestetten, accessed on April 12, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Roman Bridge. Market town of Dunkelsteinerwald, accessed on April 12, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Heinz Pantli: Bridges 1. Leaflets of the Federal Office for Civil Protection, Protection of Cultural Property, 2003 (PDF; 289 kB).