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    Aqueducts are bridges constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines. The term aqueduct may also be used to refer to the entire...
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  • Aqueduct Bridge may refer to: Aqueduct Bridge (Clay City, Indiana), U.S. Aqueduct Bridge (New York City), now called High Bridge, New York, U.S. Aqueduct...
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    complete arcade of 167 arches, is one of the best-preserved Roman aqueduct bridges and the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on...
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    The High Bridge (originally the Aqueduct Bridge) is the oldest bridge in New York City, having originally opened as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848...
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    The Aqueduct Bridge, also called the Alexandria Aqueduct, was a bridge that carried traffic between Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and Rosslyn, Virginia...
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    with a continuous truss bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, which collapsed in 2024. The Key Bridge replaced the Aqueduct Bridge, built in 1830 to carry the...
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  • Aqueduct may refer to: Aqueduct (bridge), a bridge to convey water over an obstacle, such as a ravine or valley Navigable aqueduct, or water bridge, a...
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  • Thumbnail for Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
    The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ]; Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen...
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    Pont du Gard (redirect from Nimes Aqueduct)
    The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
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    ([ˈpɔn(d) dəl diˈabːlə]; English: "Devil's Bridge"), is an ancient bridge, part of one of the Roman aqueducts that supplied water to the ancient city of...
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    Veluwemeer Aqueduct is a 25-metre (82 ft) long, 19 meter wide, navigable aqueduct (also known as a water bridge) located over Veluwemeer lake in Harderwijk...
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    for this purpose. The term aqueduct also often refers specifically to a bridge carrying an artificial watercourse. Aqueducts were used in ancient Greece...
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    visible aqueduct bridge in the system survives in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Named in Turkish: Bozdoğan Kemeri, lit. 'Aqueduct of the Grey...
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    come from O’Connor's Roman Bridges, which lists 330 stone bridges for traffic, 34 timber bridges and 54 aqueduct bridges. An even larger compilation...
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    Navigable aqueducts (sometimes called navigable water bridges) are bridge structures that carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys,...
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  • Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns. Aqueduct water supplied...
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    Mathur Aqueduct is an aqueduct in Kalkulam taluk of Kanniyakumari district of Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was built in 1966 over the Pahrali River...
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    The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. The aqueduct, constructed in AD 80, carried water some 95 kilometres (59 mi)...
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    construction of bridges. Although Roman bricks were used to build many bridges, they were far more commonly used to build aqueducts. Bridges built from bricks...
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    2/3 of the flow figure given below. Aqueduct (bridge) Aqueduct (water supply) Parco degli Acquedotti List of aqueducts Frontinus, De aquaeductu Sturgeon...
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  • Thumbnail for Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
    Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. It runs 535 feet (163...
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    Arch Bridge, which carries a portion of the aqueduct, is also listed as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The centerpiece of the Aqueduct is a 12-mile...
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    The Barbegal aqueduct and mills was a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the town of...
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  • Thumbnail for Acueducto de los Milagros
    the Roman Empire, the aqueduct fell into decay and today it is in ruins with only a relatively small section of the aqueduct bridge standing. The Archaeological...
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    The Elan aqueduct crosses Wales and the Midlands of England, running eastwards from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Mid Wales to Birmingham's Frankley Reservoir...
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    The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The...
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    the Washington Aqueduct. The bridge construction began in 1857 and was completed in 1864. The roadway surface was added later. The bridge was designed by...
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  • Thumbnail for Barton Swing Aqueduct
    the swing bridge opened in 1894 and remains in regular use. The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a direct replacement for the earlier Barton Aqueduct, a masonry...
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    features 330 Roman stone bridges for traffic, 34 Roman timber bridges and 54 Roman aqueduct bridges, a substantial part still standing and even used to carry...
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    Trajan's Bridge (Romanian: Podul lui Traian; Serbian: Трајанов мост, romanized: Trajanov most), also called Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube, was...
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