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Newport Arch

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for pedestrians, 7 ft (2.1 m). wide and contracting to about 5 ft (1.5 m). at the north end, and 15 ft (4.6 m). high from the Roman level. On the west side there was a similar postern about a century ago. The whole structure is of good masonry, and it appears to have
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A considerable portion of the north gate of Lincoln — the Newport Arch — is standing, but is buried to the extent of about 8 ft (2.4 m). in the soil and débris accumulated since Roman times. The structure is about 34 ft (10 m) deep and has a single passage for the road,
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in the 4th century. Though unique in the United Kingdom, it is nevertheless one of many original Roman arches still open to traffic, other examples being two gates through the city walls of the Roman town of
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Newport Arch in the second half of the 19th century. A brick building touched the west side of the arch. It was later razed and replaced with one standing further away, allowing for a pavement
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13 years later, in May 2017, a RASE logistics lorry got stuck underneath the arch; after letting down the tyres, it was able to reverse out with no apparent damage to the structure.
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rising from imposts which appear to have been moulded. The outer or front arch has long since disappeared. On the east side is a
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belonging to the Humber Warehousing Company struck the arch while attempting to pass under it.
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Forty years later, in May 2004, another lorry struck the arch, causing minor damage.
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and is reputedly the oldest arch in the United Kingdom still used by traffic.
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The arch was remodelled and enlarged when the city, then the Roman town
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A surviving section of the Roman city wall to the east of the Arch
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As the north gate of the city, it carried the major Roman road
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projected considerably beyond the north face of the town wall.
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Newport Arch is located in Lincoln city centre
Newport Arch is located in Lincolnshire
Roman Fort
Lincoln
England
Coordinates
53°14′13.93″N 0°32′17.41″W / 53.2372028°N 0.5381694°W / 53.2372028; -0.5381694
Scheduled monument
1005478
Listed Building
1388450
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Scheduled monument
listed building

Lindum Colonia
Flavia Caesariensis
Diocletianopolis
Hisarya, Bulgaria
Anatolia
Ermine Street
Humber

voussoirs
postern
lorry
Historic England
"Newport Arch (1029539)"
Historic England

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