Carries Via San Francesco Locale Padua, Italy Width Max. 5.32 m Location Padua Body of water Bacchiglione | Crosses Bacchiglione Design Segmental arch bridge Longest span 11 m Bridge type Arch bridge Number of spans 3 (antiquity: 5) | |
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Total length 52.20 m (antiquity: 76 m) Similar Ponte di Quintodecimo, Ponte San Lorenzo, Ponte de Rubiães, Nysa Bridge, Leontes Bridge | ||
The Ponte Corvo, rarely Ponte Corbo, is a Roman segmental arch bridge across the Bacchiglione in Padua, Italy. Dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD, its three remaining arches cross a branch of the river and are today partly buried respectively walled up. The span-to-rise ratio of the bridge varies between 2.8 and 3.4 to 1, the ratio of clear span to pier thickness from 4.9 to 6.9 to 1.
Besides the Ponte Corvo, there are three more ancient segmented arch bridges in Padua: Ponte San Lorenzo, Ponte Altinate and Ponte Molino, as well as Ponte San Matteo.
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