Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini)
Roman bridge in Rimini, Italy built around 20 AD
Ponte di Tiberio
Pons Augustus
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Coordinates | 44°03′49″N 12°33′49″E / 44.063689°N 12.563656°E / 44.063689; 12.563656 |
Carries | Via Aemilia |
Crosses | Marecchia (ancient Ariminus) |
Locale | Rimini , Italy |
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Design | Arch bridge |
Total length | 62.6 m (between abutments) |
Width | 8.6 m |
Longest span | 10.6 m |
No. of spans | 5 |
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Construction end | 20 AD |
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The Bridge of Tiberius ( Italian : Ponte di Tiberio ) or Bridge of Augustus ( Latin : Pons Augustus ) is a Roman bridge in Rimini , Italy . The bridge features five semicircular arches made of white Istrian stone with an average span length of ca. 8 m. Above the arches lied niches framed with pilasters carrying entablatures and pediments. They were framed on the arch bridge's walls. Modillions supported cornices were covered by a coping at the top. An inscription commemorating the construction of the bridges was located near the coping. [1] Construction work started during Augustus ' reign and was finished under his successor Tiberius in 20 AD; an inscription thus calls the structure as "given by both emperors". [2] The bridge was the only crossing of the Marecchia not destroyed by the retreating German army during the Battle of Rimini as it was judged militarily pointless. [3]
The bridge is still open to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with the exception of heavy goods vehicles. In 2014 a project called "The Tiberio Project" aimed to reorganise the road system near the bridge and redeveloping the entire area of San Giuliano a mare. The last interventions are addressed for the definitive pedestrianisation of the Tiberius bridge, which began on an experimental basis on 30 May 2020. [4]
See also
References
- ↑ Whitney, Charles S. (2003-01-01). Bridges of the World: Their Design and Construction . Courier Corporation. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-486-42995-3 .
- ↑ O’Connor 1993 , p. 84
- ↑ "German Tactics in the Italian Campaign" . Archived from the original on 2007-09-27 . Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
- ↑ Redazione (2016-04-14). "Rimini, un comparto dopo l'altro si realizza il Progetto Tiberio" . Emilia Romagna News 24 (in Italian) . Retrieved 2023-04-28 .
Further reading
- O’Connor, Colin (1993). Roman Bridges . Cambridge University Press. pp. 84f. (I117). ISBN 0-521-39326-4 .
External links
Media related to
Ponte d'Augusto (Rimini)
at Wikimedia Commons
- Pons Augustus at Structurae
- Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works
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