SALARIA BRIDGE

PONTE SALARIO

Via Salaria 721

Built in the Republican period so that the VIA SALARIA could pass the ANIENE RIVER

The original bridge was constructed by the Etruscans who used the Via Salaria to take salt from the salt marshes near the mouth of the Tiber to the Sabina region

It was destroyed and rebuilt several times

The MODERN PONTE SALARIO was built in 1870 with an expansion in 1930

The structure of the end of the second/first half of the century BC there are only two minor arches incorporated into the modern bridge. They are in cement with shards of tuff, while the outer blocks are made of tuff stone from Fidene

NOMENTANO BRIDGE

PONTE NOMENTANO

Via Nomentana 414

Built in the Republican period so that the VIA NOMENTANA could pass the ANIENE RIVER

It was destroyed by the Goths of Totila in the year 549

Rebuilt by the Byzantine general Narses in 552

The current upper part dates back to that time, while the central arch is of the first century AD

It was fortified under Pope Adrian I (772/795)

Restored under Nicholas V Parentucelli (1447/51) and also under Innocent X Pamphilj (1644/55)

After being damaged in 1849 by the French army it was again restored

Now it is inserted in a PUBLIC PARK and the stretch of Via Nomentana to which it belongs has been closed to traffic

MAMMOLO BRIDGE

PONTE MAMMOLO

Via degli Alberini

Built in the Republican period so that the VIA TIBURTINA could pass the ANIENE RIVER

It was made in opus quadratum of travertine marble and tuff stone with two large arches, of which remains only part of the eastern span and the base of the pillar of the central one

Its original structure probably consisted of three arches with the central one larger

It was known as Mammolo since 1338 perhaps for having been attributed to Giulia Mammea, the mother of Septimius Severus (193/211), or more likely for a language contraction from marmoreus being the original in travertine

It was destroyed by the French in 1849

The NEW MAMMOLO BRIDGE further north was rebuilt in the years 1853/57 for Pius IX Mastai-Ferretti (1846/78) and restored in 1871