Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini)
The Bridge of Tiberius (Italian: Ponte di Tiberio) or Bridge of Augustus (Latin: Pons Augustus) is a Roman bridge in Rimini, Italy. The bridge features five semicircular arches made of white Istrian stone with an average span length of ca. 8 m. Above the arches lied niches framed with pilasters carrying entablatures and pediments. They were framed on the arch bridge's walls. Modillions supported cornices were covered by a coping at the top. An inscription commemorating the construction of the bridges was located near the coping. Construction work started during Augustus' reign and was finished under his successor Tiberius in 20 AD; an inscription thus calls the structure as "given by both emperors". The bridge was the only crossing of the Marecchia not destroyed by the retreating German army during the Battle of Rimini as it was judged militarily pointless.The bridge is still open to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with the exception of heavy goods vehicles. In 2014 a project called "The Tiberio Project" aimed to reorganise the road system near the bridge and redeveloping the entire area of San Giuliano a mare. The last interventions are addressed for the definitive pedestrianisation of the Tiberius bridge, which began on an experimental basis on 30 May 2020.
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Viale Tiberio, Rimini
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N 44.063689 ° | E 12.563656 ° |
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Ponte di Tiberio (Ponte di Augusto)
Viale Tiberio
47921 Rimini
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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