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Burguillo Reservoir Arch Bridge: 165 m (541 ft) 268 m (879 ft) Arch Concrete deck arch: N-403 road El Burguillo Reservoir. 2000: El Tiemblo
The Alcántara Bridge (also known as Trajan's Bridge at Alcantara) is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in Extremadura, Spain. Alcántara is from the Arabic word al-Qantarah (القنطرة) meaning "the arch". The stone arch bridge was built over the Tagus River between 104 and 106 AD by an order of the Roman emperor Trajan in 98. [6]
The first section of the aqueduct contains 36 semi-circular arches, rebuilt in the 15th century to restore a portion destroyed by the Moors in 1072. The line of arches is organized in two levels, decorated simply, in which simple moulds hold the frame and provide support to the structure. On the upper level, the arches are 5.1 metres (16.1 ft ...
Delicate Arch is not only the most famous arch at Arches National Park, but it's also "the most famous natural stone arch in the world," according to the park. It's also the largest free-standing ...
The Roman bridge of Córdoba is a bridge in the Historic centre of Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain, originally built in the early 1st century BC across the Guadalquivir river, though it has been reconstructed at various times since. It is also known locally as the Old Bridge as for two thousand years, until the construction of the San ...
The Alconétar Bridge (Spanish: Puente de Alconétar), also known as Puente de Mantible, was a Roman segmental arch bridge in the Extremadura region, Spain. The ancient structure, which featured flattened arches with a span-to-rise ratio of 4–5:1, is one of the earliest of its kind. [ 1 ]
A hiker takes in the view along Second Beach at Olympic National Park. Most of the park is inland, but Olympic also protects a long stretch of Pacific coast.
High arch. If you have high arches, you’ll see a lot of space between the ground and the top of your arches. This usually causes your ankles to tilt outward too much, which is called oversupination.