Trajan's Bridge
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Danube
The Trajan's Bridge (also Traiansbrücke, Roman bridge at Drobeta Turnu Severin or Apollodorus bridge over the Danube ) was the first permanent bridge across the lower Danube and joined the shores of present-day Romania and Serbia. She remained both in terms of its overall length and its arch spans over a millennium the longest bridge in the world was built.
History
The Trajan's Bridge was built in 103-105 AD by Roman troops to provide logistical support of the second organized by Emperor Trajan campaign against the Dacians. One of the most famous architects of his time, Apollodorus of Damascus, was given the task of planning. The wooden arch construction was under Aurelian after withdrawal of the Romans from Dacia, about 270 AD, destroyed.
The existence of the bridge could be confirmed and localized by the discovery of a pillar base. A picture of the bridge is also located on Trajan's Column in Rome ( see image right). It was therefore a resting on stone piers wood frame structure, albeit with unusually flat sheets most comparable to the Mosel Bridge in Trier.
The remains of the original 20 bridge piers have survived to the present day under water. However, repeated archaeological investigations in the last seventy years have shown that the historical building ever disappears: During 1932 sixteen more pillars have been located, there were twelve in 1982 and 2003, only eight.