Pons Cestius

Pons Cestius

Italian: *Ponte Cestio*
Pons Cestius; Italian: Ponte Cestio
	The Pons Cestius in its modern form The Roman bridge around 1880, before its reconstruction
Coordinates	41°53′24.8″N 12°28′38″E / 41.890222°N 12.47722°E
Carries	pedestrians, motor vehicles
Crosses	Tiber; Tiber Island–Trastevere; (Piazza S. Bartolomeo all'Isola–Lungotevere degli Anguillara);
Locale	Rome, Italy
Next upstream	Ponte Garibaldi
Next downstream	Ponte Palatino
Characteristics
Design	arch bridge
Material	Stone (tuff, peperino, travertine)
Total length	80.4 metres (264 ft) (modern); 48 metres (157 ft) (ancient);
Width	8.2 metres (27 ft) (ancient);
Longest span	23.65 metres (77.6 ft) (ancient)
No. of spans	3
Piers in water	2
History
Built	c. 62 – c. 27 BC; (first stone bridge); 370 AD; (Pons Gratiani);
Rebuilt	1880–1892; (present bridge);
Location
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The Pons Cestius (Latin for the "Cestian Bridge"; Italian: Ponte Cestio) is an ancient Roman bridge connecting the right bank of the Tiber with the west bank of Tiber Island in Rome, Italy.^[1] In Late Antiquity, the bridge was replaced and renamed the Pons Gratiani^[1] ("Bridge of Gratian"). It is also known as Ponte San Bartolomeo^[1] (Italian for "Bridge of St Bartholomew"). No more than one third of the present stone bridge is of ancient material, as it was entirely rebuilt and extended in the 19th century after numerous earlier restorations.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Richardson, Lawrence (1992). "Pons Cestius". A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 297–298. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6.

[:0-1] Richardson, Lawrence (1992). "Pons Cestius". A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 297–298. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6.

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