Pont Julien
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The Pont Julien is a Roman stone arch bridge built in 3 BC and is located in the southeast of France.
Location
The Pont Julien spans the Calavon about five kilometers north of the town of Bonnieux in the Vaucluse département. The bridge is part of the Via Domitia, a Roman road, the Narbonne ( Colonia Narbo Martius ) with Turin (Augusta Taurinorum ) combined. Your name is derived from its proximity to the town of Apt ( Colonia Apta Julia ). It replaced an older bridge, whose traces are still detectable at each pier.
Design and data
The Pont Julien is 117.70 m long and 5.90 m wide, the paved surface is 4.20 m wide. The height of the rising towards the center bridge reached the apex of 9 m. It consists of three sheets of which the average is higher than the two flanking. The central arch has a span of 16 m and the two flanking arches each have a wingspan of 10.20 m. The middle bridge piers are pierced by large arched openings, to offer a possible flood less of a target. The limestone from which the bridge was built, comes from the quarries of the nearby Luberon.
History of the building
The Roman bridge was until the spring of 2005, part of the Department of Highway 108 and used accordingly; then a parallel bridge was about 100 meters taken as part of a short -pass in operation. Thanks to its 2,000 years of use, the Pont Julien is one of the best preserved Roman bridges in France.