Susegana Bridge

45.85777777777812.185555555556Koordinaten: 45 ° 51 ' 28 " N, 12 ° 11' 8" O

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Via Claudia Augusta

Unnamed Stream

The Bridge of Susegana belongs to a group of Roman bridges of the Via Claudia Augusta in the northern Italian town of Susegana from which it stands out by its flat bent bow, which allows their classification as early segmental arch bridge. Its construction is placed AD in the first half of the 1st century.

The modest building is the fifth of six ancient pedestrian bridges in the fraction Colfosco where there is a nameless creek below the local road bridge, just before the junction to Falzè di Piave, crosses. The 5.3 m wide bridge rests on a single, eleven irregular voussoirs been walled arc that has in a clear width of 3 m above a very low level in ancient comparative reporting.

Such material-saving flat arch constructions occur in Roman bridges in the Veneto region of unusually frequently, so that was already talk of a school of architecture. One reason for the local concentration could the special topographical conditions of the coastal region have been, the soft alluvial soil was not suitable for the typical massive semicircular arch bridges of the Romans. In addition, the lower increase of segmental arch bridges in the shallow coastal landscape as less of a chore and therefore advantageous for the foot and vehicle traffic may have been perceived.

The bridge, reportedly in 1938 was in a good state of preservation, has now decay traces, among other things in the area on its spandrels.