Roman Bridge, Extremadura, Spain

4.5 (1.369 reviews) Spent Ranking #2 in Extremadura Bridges

Impressive engineering

I’m impressed with the engineering abilities of the ancient romans and this bridge shows a good example. I can only guess at how I personally might have approached building it in 2 AD. I might have longitudinally blocked one half of the river, while sinking the rock based pylons in the temporarily dry river bed. Then, block the other longitudinal side, while sinking pylons in the other sides dry river bed. Finally, a large team of men would mount the prebuilt rock based arches.
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Avenida Portugal s/n, 06800 Merida Spain

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4.5 based on (1.369 reviews)

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  • 5Terry M 5:00 PM Nov 6, 2021
    STRONG AND STURDY
    One thing you always appreciate about the Romans is the sturdiness and strength of whatever they built, coming down often two millennia to us. There is some Visigoth reconstruction to part of it. The Muslims built the Alcazaba to protect the crossing. The bridge is a main pedestrian artery to cross the Guadiana River.
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  • 5steve q 5:00 PM Oct 7, 2022
    OK SO ITS JUST A BRIDGE - BUT WOW WHAT A STRUCTURE!
    Apparently the longest free standing ancient bridge in the world. Still in use for pedestrains and cycles. The Roman's certainly built things to last. If approaching by car, there is easy parking on the south side. Then walk across the bridge and visit the Alcazbar afterwards which is adjacent

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