Puente Romano, Mérida

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Puente Romano
Puente Romano as seen from the Alcazaba.
Coordinates	38°54′47″N 6°21′03″W / 38.91306°N 6.35083°W / 38.91306; -6.35083
Crosses	Guadiana River
Locale	Mérida, Spain
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Granite ashlar
Total length	790 m (incl. approaches)
Width	Ca. 7.1 m
Longest span	11.6 m
No. of spans	60 (incl. 3 buried)
History
Construction end	Reign of Trajan (98–117 AD)
Statistics

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Roman Bridge over Guadiana River
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, iv
Designated	1993 (17th session)
Part of	Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
Reference no.	664-004
Region	Europe and North America

Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Puente Romano sobre El Guadiana
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	13 December 1912
Reference no.	RI-51-0000110


Location

The Puente Romano (Spanish for Roman Bridge) is a Roman bridge over the Guadiana River at Mérida in southwest Spain.

It is the world's longest (in terms of distance) surviving bridge from ancient times, having once featured an estimated overall length of 755 m with 62 spans.^[1] Today, there are 60 spans (three of which are buried on the southern bank) on a length of 721 m between the abutments. Including the approaches, the structure totals 790 m. It is still in use, but was pedestrianized in 1991 as road traffic was redirected to use the nearby Lusitania Bridge.

Annexed to the bridge is the Alcazaba of Mérida, a Moorish fortification built in 835.

Close to the remains of the Acueducto de los Milagros, there exists another Roman bridge at Mérida, the much smaller Puente de Albarregas.

Notes

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^ O’Connor 1993, pp. 106–107

Sources

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O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 106f. (SP15), ISBN 0-521-39326-4

External links

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Media related to Roman bridge, Mérida at Wikimedia Commons
Puente Romano (Mérida) at Structurae
Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works

v t e Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
UNESCO World Heritage Site
664-001: Los Milagros Aqueduct 664-002: San Lázaro Aqueduct 664-003: Alcantarilla Bridge 664-004: Guadiana River Dam, Roman Bridge over Guadiana River, Alcazaba 664-005: Roman Theatre, Amphitheatre, the Amphitheatre House 664-006: Trajan's Arch, Concordia Temple 664-007: Sta. Catalina Basilica 664-008: Casa Herrera Basilica 664-009: Sta. Eulalia Basilica: Interpretation Centre, Temple of Mars 664-010: The Roman Circus 664-011: The Mithraeum House - The Columbaria Funerary Area 664-012: Church of Sta. Clara and Visigothic Art Collection 664-013: Cornalvo Dam 664-014: Proserpina Dam 664-015: Local Forum 664-016: Roman Wall and Albarrana Islamic Tower 664-017: National Museum of Roman Art 664-018: Sta. Eulalia Obelisk 664-019: Roman Bridge over Albarregas River 664-020: Temple of Diana 664-021: Thermal Baths at Reyes Huertas St. 664-022: Thermal Baths at Alange

v t e Roman bridges
England	Chesters Bridge Piercebridge Roman Bridge Pons Aelius
France	Pont Ambroix Pont de Bornègre Pont des Marchands Pont du Gard Pont Flavien Pont Julien Pont Serme Pont sur la Laye Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine)
Germany	Caesar's Rhine bridges Roman Bridge (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 (Narni) Ponte di Tiberio 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 di San Vito Ponte Sant'Angelo Susegana Bridge
Lebanon	Leontes Bridge
Portugal	Ponte de Rubiães Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha Roman Bridge (Chaves) Roman Bridge of Catribana
Romania	Constantine's Bridge (Danube) Trajan's Bridge
Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros Albarregas Roman bridge Alconétar Bridge Aqueduct of Segovia Alcántara Bridge Les Ferreres Aqueduct Puente de Alcántara Puente Romano, Mérida Roman bridge of Ávila Roman bridge of Córdoba Roman bridge of Lugo Roman bridge of Salamanca Roman bridge of Talamanca de Jarama
Syria	Ain Diwar Bridge 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 Misis Bridge Macestus Bridge Nysa Bridge Penkalas Bridge Pergamon Bridge Sangarius Bridge Severan Bridge Stone Bridge (Adana) Valens Aqueduct Bridge White Bridge (Mysia)
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