Bridge over the Danube

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The Bridge over the Danube was a monumental Roman stone-arch bridge built under Emperor Trajan to carry his legions across the Danube River during the Dacian Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman bridge
ancient bridge
military bridge
stone arch bridge
alsoKnownAs Trajan's Bridge
associatedWith Apollodorus of Damascus
Trajan
associatedWithEvent Dacian Wars
surface form: Second Dacian War
builder Roman Empire
builtFor Dacian Wars
Roman military campaigns in Dacia
commissionedBy Trajan
surface form: Emperor Trajan
connects Dacia
Moesia
constructionEnd 105
constructionStart 103
countryAtTimeOfConstruction Roman province of Moesia
territory of Dacia
crosses Danube
surface form: Danube River
currentCondition ruins
depictedOn Trajan's Column
designedBy Apollodorus of Damascus
hasEngineeringSignificance major achievement of Roman engineering
hasHeightAboveWater up to 19 m
hasNumberOfArches 20
hasRemains bridge piers
foundations
hasSpanType masonry arches on stone piers
hasStructuralType arch bridge
hasTotalLength 1135 m
hasWidth 15 m
heritageStatus archaeological site
historicalPeriod Roman Empire
locatedInPresentDay Romania
Serbia
locatedNear Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Kladovo
materialUsed stone
wood
namedAfter Trajan
purpose to carry Roman legions across the Danube
to secure supply lines during the Dacian Wars
riverCrossingFor Roman road network in Dacia
strategicImportance facilitated Roman conquest of Dacia
substructureMaterial stone piers
superstructureMaterial wooden roadway
wasDestroyed in antiquity
wasDestroyedBy natural causes and human action
wasOneOf longest arch bridges of antiquity

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Apollodorus of Damascus designed Bridge over the Danube