Pont Julien

Pont Julien
Pont Julien
Coordinates	43°51′45″N 5°18′28″E / 43.86250°N 5.30778°E / 43.86250; 5.30778Coordinates: 43°51′45″N 5°18′28″E / 43.86250°N 5.30778°E / 43.86250; 5.30778
Carries	Via Domitia
Crosses	Calavon
Locale	Near Bonnieux, Vaucluse, France
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Limestone
Total length	85 m
Width	5.50 m
Longest span	16.3 m
Number of spans	3
Clearance below	9 m
History
Construction end	3 BC
Pont Julien Location in France

The Pont Julien (French for Julian Bridge) is a Roman stone arch bridge over the Calavon river, in the south-east of France, dating from 3 BC. The supporting columns are notable for openings to allow floodwater to pass through. It is located in the territory of the commune of Bonnieux, north of the village of the same name, and 8 km west of Apt. Originally, it was built on the Via Domitia, an important Roman road which connected Italy to the Roman territories in France. It was used for car traffic until 2005, when a replacement bridge was built to preserve it from wear and tear. This amounts to approximately 2000 years of uninterrupted use.

Gallery

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  View of the Pont Julien
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  View of the underside of one of the arches
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  The modern bridge crossing the Cavalon upriver of the bridge
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  View of the bridge on an old postcard
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  The dry riverbed of the Calavon and the main arch of the bridge
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  Pont Julien in March

See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

References

• Murati, Philippe (1994). Ponts de Provence. Nice. pp. 19–20. 
• O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, pp. 96f. (G5), ISBN 0-521-39326-4 

External links

Media related to Pont Julien at Wikimedia Commons

• Pont Julien at Structurae
• Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works

Roman bridges
England	Chesters Bridge Piercebridge Roman Bridge Pons Aelius
France	Pont Ambroix Pont de Bornègre Pont Flavien Pont du Gard Pont Julien Pont sur la Laye Pont des Marchands Pont Serme Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine)
Germany	Caesar's Rhine bridges Roman Bridge (Trier)
Iran	Band-e Kaisar
Italy	Pons Aemilius Pons Agrippae Ponte Altinate Pons Cestius Pons Fabricius Pons Neronianus Pons Probi Pons Sublicius Pont d'Aël Pont de Pierre (Aosta) Pont-Saint-Martin Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini) Ponte Corvo Ponte del Gran Caso Ponte Milvio Ponte Molino (Padua) Ponte Nomentano Ponte Pietra (Verona) Ponte di Pioraco Ponte di Quintodecimo Ponte Salario Ponte San Lorenzo Ponte Sant'Angelo Susegana Bridge
Lebanon	Leontes Bridge
Portugal	Ponte de Rubiães Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha Roman Bridge (Chaves)
Romania	Constantine's Bridge (Danube) Trajan's Bridge
Spain	Acueducto de los Milagros, Mérida Albarregas bridge, Mérida Alcántara's bridge Ávila's bridge Puente de Alcántara, Toledo Garrovillas de Alconétar's bridge Córdoba's bridge Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, Tarragona Mérida's bridge Salamanca's bridge Segovia's aqueduct Talamanca de Jarama's bridge
Syria	Bridge at Nimreh Gemarrin Bridge Kharaba Bridge
Turkey	Aesepus Bridge Arapsu Bridge Bridge at Oinoanda Constantine's Bridge (Mysia) Eurymedon Bridge (Aspendos) Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) Karamagara Bridge Kemer Bridge Limyra Bridge Misis Bridge Macestus Bridge Nysa Bridge Penkalas Bridge Pergamon Bridge Sangarius Bridge Severan Bridge Taşköprü (Adana) Valens Aqueduct Bridge White Bridge (Mysia)
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