Ponte di Pioraco

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The Ponte di Pioraco is a Roman bridge in Pioraco, central Italy, presumably erected under emperor Augustus (r. 30 BC–14 AD).

It belonged to a branch road of the Via Flaminia, which ran from Nocera Umbra to the east through Pioraco, San Severino, Treia and Osimo to Ancona.{{harvnb|O’Connor|1993|p=85}} The structure has a single arch vault. At one end a small segmental arch springs from the ground to the quarter point of the main arch; it worked as a floodway. The Ponte del Gran Caso, which is also located in central Italy, features a similar design.{{harvnb|O’Connor|1993|p=171}}

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  • {{Citation

| last = O’Connor

| first = Colin

| title = Roman Bridges

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| year = 1993

| pages = 85, 171

| isbn = 0-521-39326-4

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