Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini)

Ponte di Tiberio Pons Augustus Ponte d'Augusto
Coordinates	44°03′49″N 12°33′49″E / 44.063689°N 12.563656°E / 44.063689; 12.563656Coordinates: 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
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Total length	62.6 m (between abutments)
Width	8.6 m
Longest span	10.6 m
Number of spans	5
History
Construction end	20 AD
Ponte di Tiberio Location in Italy

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 with an average span length of ca. 8 m. 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".^[1] The bridge was the only crossing of the Marecchia not destroyed by the retreating German army during the Battle of Rimini and is said to have resisted all attempts at destruction, including the ignition failure of explosive charges.^[2] The bridge is still open to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with the exception of heavy goods vehicles.

See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

References

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 di Tiberio (Rimini) at Wikimedia Commons

• Pons Augustus at Structurae
• Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works

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