General Information
| Other name(s): | Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube |
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| Beginning of works: | 103 |
| Completion: | 105 |
| Status: | destroyed (270) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
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Location
| Location: |
Drobeta - Turnu Severin, Mehedinţi, Romania Kladovo, Bor, Serbia |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 44° 37' 8.15" N 22° 40' 4.05" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 20 m | |
| height | 19 m | |
| total length | 1 135 m | |
| number of spans | 21 | |
| piers | number | 20 |
Materials
| piers |
stone
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| arches |
timber
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| deck flooring |
timber
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Chronology
| 104 | Trajan orders Apollodorus of Damascus to design and build the bridge. |
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Notes
Built under Trajan, the bridge was abandoned by the a later emperor, Aurelian, who ordered the superstructure removed. Due to decay and probably willing dismantling only one pier remains in part.
Participants
Design
- Apollodorus of Damascus (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Brunnen - Brücken - Aquädukte. Berichte zum Bauen in der Antike. In: Bautechnik ( 1997), pp. 1-106.
- (1997): Geschichte der Baukonstruktion und Bautechnik. Band 1: Antike bis Renaissance. 2nd edition, Werner-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 106.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 364.
- (2009): The history of the Romanian Danube bridges. Presented at: Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
- (1998): The new Romanian Danube Bridges in Fetesti-Cernavoda after 10 years of operation. Presented at: 3. Internationale Donaubrückenkonferenz, 3rd International Conference on Bridges across the Danube, 29-30/10/1998, Regensburg, Germany, pp. 25-36.
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20001271 - Published on:
03/02/2001 - Last updated on:
02/03/2023
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