Ponte Sant'Angelo
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Semi-circular arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Original name: | Pons Aelius |
| Other name(s): | Aelius Bridge |
| Completed in: | 134 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 7 m | |
| total length | 135 m | |
| span lengths | 18 m | |
| number of spans | 5 |
Materials
| arch |
masonry
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Chronology
| 1668 | Decorated with angel statues as proposed by Bernini |
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Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Brücken, Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), 1956; pp. 48
- Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 16-17
- Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 16-17
- Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 16-17
- Traité des ponts, 1716
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 22-23
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 22-23
- Opus Caementitium (4th edition), Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3764003103, 1993; pp. 173
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 69-70
- Geschichte der Baukonstruktion und Bautechnik (2nd edition), Werner-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3804127428, 1997; pp. 103-104
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 307
- Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3764001763, 1984
- Brunnen - Brücken - Aquädukte, in "Bautechnik", 1997; pp. 60
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000257 |
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| Created: | 19/05/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
