World: The oldest bridges still in use
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Besides the very first bridges made from improvised materials, vines, logs thrown over a stream or river, and stones piled into the riverbed, people began building real bridges a long time ago. Let's take a tour of the oldest bridges in the world.
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Trajan's Bridge — the longest bridge of antiquity
Tarr Steps
Caravan Bridge (Turkish name: Kemer Köprüsü, Kervan Köprüsü)
Hilal, Gaziler St. No:173, 35170, 35170 Konak/İzmir, Turkey
World: The oldest bridges still in use
Fabricio Bridge, also known as the Jews' Bridge or the Four Heads Bridge
Fabricius Bridge, Ponte Fabricio, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
World: The oldest bridges still in use
Jendere Bridge or Septimius Severus Bridge
Pont du Gard (Roman bridge-aqueduct)
400 Rte du Pont du Gard, 30210 Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
World: The oldest bridges still in useAlcántara Bridge (Puente de Alcántara)
Pergamum Bridge
Römerbrücke, Roman or Old Moselle Bridge
The bridge near Limira (in Turkish, Kırkgöz Kemeri, which means "bridge of forty arches")
Dezful Bridge or Roman Bridge, the oldest surviving brick bridge
Julien Bridge (Julius Bridge), in French Pont Julien
Pont Julien, Les Lavandins, Rte du Pont Julien, 84480 Bonnieux, France
World: The oldest bridges still in useTiberius Bridge (Ponte di Tiberio), Augustus Bridge (Ponte d'Augusto), or Saint Julian Bridge (Ponte di San Giuliano)
Ponte di Tiberio, Ponte di Tiberio, 47921 Rimini RN, Italy
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Milvian or Mulvian Bridge (Ponte Milvio or Ponte Molle)
Ponte Milvio Bridge, Ponte Milvio, 00135 Rome RM, Italy
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The Bridge of Saint Angel (Ponte Sant’Angelo) or the Bridge of Hadrian
Eliev Bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
World: The oldest bridges still in use
Flavian Bridge (Pont Flavien)
Pont sur la Laye or the Roman Bridge of Manosque (Pont sur la Laye)