Pont-Saint-Martin (bridge)

Pont-Saint-Martin
View from underneath the bridge
Carries	Connection Po Valley-Gaul
Crosses	Lys
Locale	Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley, Italy
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Stone
Width	5.8 m
Longest span	31.4 m, 35.64 m or 36.65 m
Number of spans	1
Construction end	Reign of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD)
Pont-Saint-Martin

The Pont-Saint-Martin is a Roman segmental arch bridge in the Aosta Valley in Italy dating to the 1st century BC.

The span is 103 feet (31.4 m)^[1] according to recent research, but frequently stated to be 35.64 m or 36.65 m.^[2]

Other extant Roman bridges in the Aosta valley include the Pont d'Aël in the Cogne Valley and the Pont de Pierre in Aosta.

References

^ Frunzio; Monaco; Gesualdo (2001) (PDF). 3D F.E.M. analysis of Roman arch bridge. pp. 592. http://www.civil.uminho.pt/masonry/Publications/Historical%20constructions/page%20591-598%20_69_.pdf.
^ O’Connor 1993, p. 89

Sources

O’Connor, Colin (1993). Roman Bridges. Cambridge University Press. pp. 89f. (I155). ISBN 0-521-39326-4

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pont-Saint-Martin_(bridge) Pont-Saint-Martin] at Wikimedia Commons

Pont-Saint-Martin Bridge at Structurae
Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works

Roman bridges

England	Chesters Bridge • Piercebridge Roman Bridge • Pons Aelius

France	Pont Ambroix • Pont de Bornègre • Pont Flavien • Pont du Gard • Pont Julien • Pont sur la Laye • Pont des Marchands • Pont Serme • Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) • Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine)

Germany	Caesar's Rhine bridges • Römerbrücke (Trier)

Iran	Band-e Kaisar

Italy	Pons Aemilius • Pons Agrippae • Ponte Altinate • Pons Cestius • Pons Fabricius • Pons Neronianus • Pons Probi • Pons Sublicius • Pont d'Aël • Pont de Pierre (Aosta) • Pont-Saint-Martin • Ponte d'Augusto (Rimini) • Ponte Corvo • Ponte del Gran Caso • Ponte Milvio • Ponte Molino (Padua) • Ponte Nomentano • Ponte Pietra (Verona) • Ponte di Pioraco • Ponte di Quintodecimo • Ponte Salario • Ponte San Lorenzo • Ponte Sant'Angelo • Susegana Bridge

Lebanon	Leontes Bridge

Portugal	Ponte de Rubiães • Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha • Roman Bridge (Chaves)

Romania	Constantine's Bridge (Danube) • Trajan's Bridge

Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros • Alcántara Bridge • Alcántara Bridge (Toletum) • Alconétar Bridge • Aqüeducte de les Ferreres • Puente Romano (Mérida) • Segovia Aqueduct Bridge

Syria	Bridge at Nimreh • Gemarrin Bridge • Kharaba Bridge

Turkey	Aesepus Bridge • Arapsu Bridge • Bridge at Oinoanda • Constantine's Bridge (Mysia) • Eurymedon Bridge (Aspendos) • Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) • Karamagara Bridge • Kemer Bridge • Limyra Bridge • Makestos Bridge • Nysa Bridge • Penkalas Bridge • Pergamon Bridge • Sangarius Bridge • Severan Bridge • Taşköprü (Adana) • Valens Aqueduct Bridge • White Bridge (Mysia)

Full list of Roman bridges

Pont-Saint-Martin (bridge)

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