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| Coordinates | 39°49′02″N 6°58′54″W / 39.8173°N 6.9817°W |
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Segura Bridge is a Roman bridge connecting Segura, in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal, to the Spanish municipality of Alcántara. The bridge was built over the Erges river, a tributary of the Tagus. It has five arches; only two of the original Roman arches, the ones closer to both river banks, survive to this day,[1] with the rest being added during reconstructions in the 16th and 19th centuries.[2] The stonemason work done during the 1571 reconstruction of two of the arches is considered to be "barely distinguishable" from the original.[3]
- ^ Fuentes, Manuel Durán (1996). "Puentes romanos peninsulares: tipología y construcción" (in Spanish). Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas, CEDEX.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Mantas 2019, p. 273.
- ^ Fuentes 2003, p. 779.