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General Information
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Structural Type:
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Girder bridge
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Completed in:
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621
B.C.
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| Status: |
destroyed
(23B.C.)
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Geographic Information & Related Structures
Technical Information
Materials
| superstructure |
wood
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| piers |
stone
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Chronology
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69 B.C.
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Flooding carries away the bridge structure. Rebuilt. |
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23 B.C.
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Another flood destroys the bridge. Not rebuilt. |
Notes
The actual type of superstructure is not confirmed as is the original construction date.
Probably built under the early Roman king Ancus Marcius.
Bridge became historically important when Horacius Cocles defended the bridge against the Etruscan king Porsenna until all Roman warriors had crossed the bridge and removed the superstructure. After the Etruscans left, the superstructure was re-built so that it could again easily be removed.
