Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry)
43.3928873.432836Koordinaten: 43 ° 23 ' 34.4 "N, 3 ° 25' 58.2 " E
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The Roman Bridge of Saint- Thibéry ( French Pont romain de Saint- Thibery ) was a Roman segmental arch bridge on the Via Domitia in southern France. The building partially preserved resulted in Saint -Thibéry seventeen kilometers east of Beziers, over the River Hérault.
Construction
The bridge had nine arches with a span of 10 m to 12 m. The roadway rested on broad pillars that were on both sides reinforced to protect against flooding and washout with arc-shaped flood passages and powerful breakwaters. The original total length of the structure is estimated at about 150 m, the road width to 4 m. Parts of the bridge were destroyed at an unknown time before the year 1536 by a flood.
The remaining arcs show with a width - to-height ratio of min. 3.3:1 a visibly flatter contour course (115 °) than the otherwise preferred by farmers Roman bridge arches (180 °). The wall thickness of the single arch moves with one-twentieth to one-tenth of the span in the normal range of Roman bridges. The building is in the reign of Augustus dated ( 30 BC - 14 AD); However, the Roman period origin is controversial.
In the immediate vicinity there is an old water mill, including feed.