Ponte Corvo (bridge)

Not to be confused with Pontecorvo.

The Ponte Corvo, rarely Ponte Corbo, is a Roman segmental arch bridge across the Bacchiglione in Padua, Italy (Roman Patavium). Dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD, its three remaining arches cross a branch of the river and are today partly buried respectively walled up. The span-to-rise ratio of the bridge varies between 2.8 and 3.4 to 1, the ratio of clear span to pier thickness from 4.9 to 6.9 to 1.^[1]

Ponte Corvo (Ponte Corbo)
Coordinates	45.401814°N 11.883706°E / 45.401814; 11.883706
Carries	Via San Francesco
Crosses	Bacchiglione
Locale	Padua, Italy
Characteristics
Design	Segmental arch bridge
Total length	52.20 m (antiquity: 76 m)
Width	Max. 5.32 m
Longest span	11 m
No. of spans	3 (antiquity: 5)
History
Construction end	1st–2nd century AD
Location

Besides the Ponte Corvo, there are three more ancient segmented arch bridges in Padua: Ponte San Lorenzo, Ponte Altinate and Ponte Molino, as well as Ponte San Matteo.

See also

• Roman bridges
• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering