1886/90 Angelo Vescovali (1826/95)
Measuring
155 m (508.5 feet), it is the longest bridge in Rome
In order to
build it two arches of the Ponte
Rotto (Broken Bridge) were torn down
It is also
known as the English Bridge for the traffic on the left
Many
accidents have occurred on the bridge, some of them fatal, so as to give it the
reputation of cursed bridge
Near the
end of the right is the outlet of the CLOACA MAXIMA the ancient sewer coming
from the area of the Forum of Nerva
dating back to the sixth century BC
Originally
the pipe ran in the open. Between the second and first century BC a vault in
tuff stone was built in, buried in various points in restorations with concrete
or brickwork
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