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General Information

Completion: 100 B.C.
Status: completed

Project Type

Structure: Vaulted arch bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Material: Masonry bridge

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Adige River
Coordinates: 45° 26' 51.72" N    10° 59' 59.64" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 120 m
number of spans 5

Materials

arches stone

Chronology

World War II

Destroyed.

1957

Rebuilt with original materials

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Ponte Pietra (Italian for "Stone Bridge"), once known as the Pons Marmoreus, is a Roman arch bridge crossing the Adige River in Verona, Italy. The bridge was completed in 100 BC, and the Via Postumia from Genoa to Aquileia passed over it. It is the oldest bridge in Verona.

It originally flanked another Roman bridge, the Pons Postumius; both structures provided the city (on the right bank) with access to the Roman theatre on the east bank. The arch nearest to the right bank of the Adige was rebuilt in 1298 by Alberto I della Scala. Four arches of the bridge were blown up by retreating German troops in World War II, but rebuilt in 1957 with original materials.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ponte Pietra (Verona)" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Bonatz, Paul / Leonhardt, Fritz (1956): Brücken. Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), pp. 38.
  • Quaranta, Arnaud (1999): Le Passage. 1st edition, Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), pp. 120-121.
  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20000665
  • Published on:
    09/04/2000
  • Last updated on:
    28/05/2021
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