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
No. of spans	5
History
Construction end	20 AD
Location
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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 as it was judged militarily pointless.^[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 d'Augusto (Rimini) at Wikimedia Commons

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