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The Ponte Altinate is a Roman bridge in Padua, Italy. The late Republican bridge once spanned a branch of the Brenta river whose course is today followed by the street Riviera del Ponti Romani. The structure is located at the crossing with Via Altinate and, lying underground, completely obstructed from view by the modern pavement.
The Bridge of Tiberius (Italian: Ponte di Tiberio), historically also the Bridge of Augustus (Ponte d'Augusto) or the Bridge of Saint Julian (Ponte di San Giuliano), [1] [2] [3] is a Roman bridge in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
The Ponte della Costituzione (English: Constitution Bridge) is the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava , and was moved into place in 2007 (connecting Stazione di Santa Lucia to Piazzale Roma ), amid protest by politicians and the general public.
A considerable number of bridges were constructed in the Italian provinces, each exhibiting distinctive characteristics. Among these bridges is the Pont-Saint-Martin bridge, constructed over the Lys between 70 and 40 BCE at the entrance to the Aosta Valley. The single arch of the bridge has a span of 31.4 meters and a rise of 11.42 meters ...
This list of bridges in Italy lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
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 , as long as the later bridge is erected on the site of a Roman precursor. Finally, incidences where only ...
The Pons Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio, "Fabrician Bridge") or Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is the oldest extant bridge in Rome, Italy. [1] Built in 62 BC, it spans half of the Tiber River, from the Campus Martius on the east side to Tiber Island in the middle (the Pons Cestius is west of the island).
The Trezzo Bridge was built between 1370 and 1377 by order of the lord of Milan Bernabò Visconti. [2] Fortified with towers, it provided access to the Visconti Castle high above the Adda. [ 2 ] During a siege in 1416, the condottiero Carmagnola deliberately caused the structure to collapse by weakening one of its abutments .