Ponte del Gran Caso

Ponte del Gran Caso
Crosses	Gran Caso
Locale	Near Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Travertine
Width	3.3 m
Longest span	6 m
Number of spans	1 (plus 2 floodways)

The Ponte del Gran Caso is a Roman bridge across the Torrente Gran Caso 2 km south of Ascoli Piceno, central Italy.^[1]

Today, the structure is surrounded by thick vegetation, and serves only to carry a wood shed.^[1] The bridge has a span of 6 m, a width of 3.3 m and is built of travertine.^[1] The walls of one ramp feature two flood arches, one of which has a segmental shape and runs from the ground to the quarter point of the main arch rib.^[1] A similar segmental relieving arch can be found at another Roman bridge in central Italy, the Ponte di Pioraco.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d O’Connor 1993, p. 87
^ O’Connor 1993, p. 171

Sources

O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 87, 171, ISBN 0-521-39326-4

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

Ponte del Gran Caso

References

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