Trajan's Bridge

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Roman bridge arch bridge segmental arch bridge stone-wood bridge

Trajan's Bridge was an ancient Roman engineering marvel built under Emperor Trajan to span the Danube River during the Dacian Wars.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Trajan Bridge over the Mureș	1
Trajan's Bridge canonical	1
Trajan's Bridge archaeological site	1
remains of Trajan's Bridge	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman bridge ⓘ arch bridge ⓘ segmental arch bridge ⓘ stone-wood bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ
architect	Apollodorus of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCampaign	Second Dacian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor	Dacian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtUnder	Emperor Trajan NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Trajan NERFINISHED ⓘ
completedIn	AD 105 ⓘ
constructionEnd	AD 105 ⓘ
constructionStart	AD 103 ⓘ
crosses	Danube River NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of Roman conquest of Dacia ⓘ
currentCondition	only piers and foundations remain ⓘ
depictedOn	Roman coins ⓘ Trajan's Column NERFINISHED ⓘ
designer	Apollodorus of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineeringFeature	massive concrete and stone piers founded in the riverbed ⓘ wooden arches resting on stone piers ⓘ
heightAboveWater	approximately 19 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus	archaeological site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 1.1 kilometers ⓘ approximately 1135 meters ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Danube River NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone piers ⓘ wooden superstructure ⓘ
namedAfter	Trajan NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearAncientSettlement	Drobeta NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearModernCity	Drobeta-Turnu Severin NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearModernSettlement	Kladovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	advanced Roman engineering techniques ⓘ being one of the longest arch bridges of the ancient world ⓘ
numberOfArches	20 ⓘ
partiallyDestroyedBy	natural causes ⓘ
pierHeight	approximately 45 meters ⓘ
possiblyDismantledBy	Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	facilitate Roman military campaigns in Dacia ⓘ secure supply lines across the Danube ⓘ
reasonForDismantling	to prevent barbarian crossings ⓘ
riverBankLocation	between Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Kladovo ⓘ
spanLength	approximately 38 meters per arch ⓘ
status	ruined ⓘ
width	approximately 15 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bridge over the Danube → alsoKnownAs → Trajan's Bridge ⓘ

Arad → hasLandmark → Trajan's Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trajan Bridge over the Mureș

Mehedinți County → contains → Trajan's Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trajan's Bridge archaeological site

Drobeta-Turnu Severin → hasLandmark → Trajan's Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: remains of Trajan's Bridge