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30250 Sommieres, France

The Romans were the world's first major bridge builders. The following list constitutes an attempt to list all known surviving remains of Roman bridges. A Roman bridge in the sense of this article includes any of these features: Roman arches Roman pillars Roman foundations Roman abutments Roman roadway Roman cutwatersAlso listed are bridges which feature substantially Roman material , as long as the later bridge is erected on the site of a Roman precursor. Finally, incidences where only inscriptions lay testimony to a former Roman bridge are also included. In the following, bridges are classified either according to their material or their function. Most data not otherwise marked comes from O’Connor's Roman Bridges which lists 330 stone bridges for traffic, 34 timber bridges and 54 aqueduct bridges. An even larger compilation of more than 900 Roman bridges is offered by the Italian scholar Galliazzo, which is used here only selectively.Note: the table columns are sortable by clicking the header, e.g. for country of origin etc.
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