Pont des Marchands

Pont des Marchands
Pont des Marchands today
Coordinates	43°11′00″N 3°00′13″E / 43.183201°N 3.003693°E / 43.183201; 3.003693Coordinates: 43°11′00″N 3°00′13″E / 43.183201°N 3.003693°E / 43.183201; 3.003693
Crosses	Canal de la Robine
Locale	Narbonne, Aude, France
Characteristics
Design	Segmental arch bridge
Longest span	Ca. 15 m (49.2 ft)
No. of spans	1 (once 6)
Location

The Pont des Marchands (English: Merchants' Bridge) is a historic bridge in Narbonne, southern France. It serves as a foundation for a row of houses and shops underneath which the Canal de la Robine runs through the old town. Its segmental arch has a span of ca. 15 m.^[1] In Roman times the structure featured as many as six arches.

It is one of only a handful of bridges worldwide that are lined with shops.

See also[]

• Roman bridge
• List of Roman bridges
• List of medieval bridges in France
• Alte Nahebrücke
• High Bridge, Lincoln

References[]

Sources[]

• O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, p. 99 (G13), ISBN 0-521-39326-4

External links[]

• Pont des Marchands at Structurae
• "Pont des Marchands". brueckenweb.de (in German).

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