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Pont sur la Laye

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walls of irregular stonework. The main pier is protected both upstream and downstream by large triangular cutwaters out of rectangular blocks of stone. The paved roadway rises sharply from the left bank to the main arch, and then drops in a gentler gradient to the higher bank on the other side. The
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origin to the structure (11th century). Following the Mane homepage, the two side arches, along with their breakwaters, were added as late as the 17th century, which means that the segmental arches are of a relatively late date.
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with a span to rise ratio of up to c. 3:1. Its spans are 2.80 m, 7.90 m and 11.40; the thickness of the two larger arch ribs is between one and two
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bridge builder Gazzola, the Pont sur la Laye dates from the end of the 1st or beginning of the 2nd century AD, thus belonging to a round dozen known
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parapet, which has been reported as partly removed by O’Connor in 1993, has been apparently repaired in the meantime.
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The 40-metre-long (130 ft) and 3.2-metre-wide (10 ft) bridge features three
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whose ratio for rib thickness to span is lower than the commonly applied
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whose shape varies according to its function: the arches consist of
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Buildings and structures in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Coordinates
43°55′48″N 5°45′23″E / 43.93°N 5.756389°E / 43.93; 5.756389
Mane
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
France
Roman
Romanesque
stone arch bridge
French
Provence
Mane
segmental arches
Roman feet
Roman bridges
ancient
limestone
voussoirs
spandrel
Italian
Roman segmental arch bridges
Structurae
early Romanesque
List of Roman bridges
Roman architecture
Roman engineering
Romanesque architecture
List of medieval bridges in France

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