Ponte Molino (Padua)

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|bridge_name = Ponte Molino

|image = Ponte Molino, Padua, Italy. Pic 01.jpg

|caption = Side view. To the left begins the old town which is entered by the Porta e Ponte Molino.

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|carries = Via Dante

|crosses = Bacchiglione

|locale = Padua, Italy

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|design = Segmental arch bridge

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|spans = 5

|pierswater =

|mainspan = 11.47 m

|length = 50.54 m

|width = 9.21 m

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|complete = 1st century BC

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The Ponte Molino is a Roman bridge across the Bacchiglione in Padua, Italy. The span-to-rise ratio of the Late Republican bridge varies between 3.5–4.5 and 1,{{harvnb|Galliazzo|1995|p=432}} the ratio of clear span and pier thickness between 4–6.5 and 1.{{harvnb|Galliazzo|1994|pp=207–208 (No. 435)}}

Apart from the Ponte Molino, there are other extant Roman bridges in Padua: Ponte San Lorenzo, Ponte Altinate and Ponte Corbo, all three also featuring segmented arches, as well as Ponte S. Matteo.

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  • {{Citation

| last = Galliazzo

| first = Vittorio

| title = I ponti romani

| volume = 1

| year = 1995

| publisher = Edizioni Canova

| location = Treviso

| isbn = 88-85066-66-6

| page = 432

}}

  • {{Citation

| last = Galliazzo

| first = Vittorio

| title = I ponti romani. Catalogo generale

| volume = 2

| year = 1994

| publisher = Edizioni Canova

| location = Treviso

| isbn = 88-85066-66-6

| pages = 207–208 (No. 435)

}}