Gemarrin Bridge
Remains of the three-arched Gemarrin Bridge
Carries	Roman road to As-Suweida
Crosses	Wadi Zeidi
Locale	Close to Bostra, Syria
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Basalt blocks
Number of spans	3
Gemarrin Bridge

The Bridge of Gemarrin is a Roman bridge in the vicinity of the ancient city of Bostra (modern Bosra Ash-Sham), Syria. The bridge, which belonged to the Roman road to Soada Dionysias (As-Suweida), crossed the Wadi Zeidi some kilometers north of Bostra.^[1]

Today, the structure presents itself essentially as an arch skeleton: while the three semi-circular arches, made from local basalt, are still extant, the roadway and the fill have been removed to expose the top of the arch vaults.^[2] Obliquely running embankments on both sides of the wadi force the water in the river bed under the bridge.^[3]

At least two other Roman bridges over the Wadi Zeidi, the Kharaba Bridge and the one At-Tayyibeh, have survived to this day.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] Sources

• Kissel, Theodor; Stoll, Oliver (2000), "Die Brücke bei Nimreh. Ein Zeugnis römischer Verkehrspolitik im Hauran, Syrien", Antike Welt 31 (2): 109–125 

[edit] See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

[edit] External links

• Media related to Gemarrin Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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Coordinates: 32°32′57.8″N 36°29′45.7″E / 32.549389°N 36.496028°E / 32.549389; 36.496028