Ponte di Pioraco

The Ponte di Pioraco is a Roman bridge in Pioraco, central Italy, presumably erected under emperor Augustus (r. 30 BC–14 AD).

Ponte di Pioraco
Coordinates	43°10′45″N 12°59′05″E / 43.179094°N 12.984783°E / 43.179094; 12.984783
Carries	Branch of Via Flaminia
Locale	Pioraco, Italy
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
No. of spans	1 (plus 1 floodway)
History
Opened	Reign of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD)
Location

It belonged to a branch road of the Via Flaminia, which ran from Nocera Umbra to the east through Pioraco, San Severino, Treia and Osimo to Ancona.^[1] The structure has a single arch vault.^[1] At one end a small segmental arch springs from the ground to the quarter point of the main arch; it worked as a floodway.^[1] The Ponte del Gran Caso, which is also located in central Italy, features a similar design.^[2]

See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

References

1. O’Connor 1993, p. 85
2. O’Connor 1993, p. 171

Sources

• O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 85, 171, ISBN 0-521-39326-4

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ponte Marmone.

• Picture of the bridge

43°10′45″N 12°59′05″E / 43.17917°N 12.98472°E / 43.17917; 12.98472