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South end of Trajan's / Apollodorus' Bridge

Romania / Mehedinti / Drobeta-Turnu Severin /
 ancient, place with historical importance, Roman Empire, interesting place, bridge, historic landmark, historic ruins

Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube was a Roman bridge , the first to be built over the lower Danube. For more than a thousand years, it was the longest arch bridge in the world to have been built, in terms of both total and span length. The bridge was constructed by the Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus.
The structure was 1,135 meters in length (the Danube is 800 meters-wide in that area), 15 meters in width, and reached 19 meters in height (measured from the river's surface). At each end was situated a Roman castrum, each of them built around an entrance (crossing was possible only by walking through the camp).
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Coordinates:   44°36'50"N   22°40'5"E
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