Ponte Palatino

Ponte Palatino
Coordinates 41°53′20.53″N 12°28′45.09″E / 41.8890361°N 12.4791917°ECoordinates: 41°53′20.53″N 12°28′45.09″E / 41.8890361°N 12.4791917°E
Crosses Tiber
Locale Rome
Characteristics
Total length 155 metres (509 ft)
History
Architect Angelo Vescovali
Construction begin 1886
Construction end 1890

Ponte Palatino, also known as Ponte Inglese (Italian for English Bridge), is a bridge that links Lungotevere Aventino to Lungotevere Ripa in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Ripa and Trastevere.[1]

Description

The bridge was designed by architect Angelo Vescovali and built between 1886 and 1890 in place of the partially destroyed, 2,200-year-old Pons Aemilius (also called Ponte Rotto, "Broken Bridge"). One arch of the ancient three-arch bridge was destroyed in a flood in 1598, and another arch was demolished by Vescovali in 1887 to make room for the Ponte Palatino, leaving the Pons Aemilius a single arch in mid-river situated adjacent to the modern bridge.

The Ponte Palatino takes its name from the Palatine Hill, at whose slopes the structure rises. The bridge links the Forum Boarium to Piazza Castellani, in front of the Tiber Island; the epithet English is due to the left-hand traffic flow that applies on it, just as in the United Kingdom.

It shows five masonry piers with a metal top surface and is 155 metres (509 ft) long.

Notes

  1. ↑ Rendina 838.

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