Crosses Wadi Zeidi No. of spans 3 Bridge type Arch bridge | Material Basalt blocks Number of spans 3 | |
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Carries Roman road to As-Suwayda Similar Nysa Bridge, Leontes Bridge, Ponte di Quintodecimo, Ponte de Rubiães, Pergamon Bridge |
The Bridge of Gemarrin is a Roman bridge in the vicinity of the ancient city of Bostra (modern-day Bosra) in southern Syria. The bridge belonged to the Roman road to Soada Dionysias (As-Suwayda), crossing the Wadi Zeidi some kilometers north of Bostra.
Today, the structure presents itself essentially as an arch skeleton: while the three semi-circular arches, made from local basalt, are still extant, the roadway and the fill have been removed to expose the top of the arch vaults. Obliquely running embankments on both sides of the wadi force the water in the river bed under the bridge.
At least two other Roman bridges over the Wadi Zeidi, the Kharaba Bridge and the one At-Tayyibeh, have survived to this day.
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