Overall          4 **** remarkable survival through wars and floods

Display         5 ***** bilingual information with diagrams, some on Alcazaba above

Access           5 ***** a pedestrian bridge open at all times, parking on road nearby

Atmosphere 3 *** the view form the Moorish Alcazaba is superb

Other            4 **** a tribute to Roman engineering and construction

The Roman Road from Asturica to Italica crossed the River Guardiana (Latin Ana plus later Arabic Wadi = Wadi-ana).

In the river there is a central island that serves to break the force of the water in spate.  The original Roman bridges connected the City with the island and the island with the southern bank.  In the 17th Century the two bridges were connected with arches in the middle as well.

Today the bridge now has 57 arches of various periods and spans 792m making it the longest surviving bridge from Antiquity.  The best preserved Roman section is the one from the City to the island, identified by curved breakwaters up-stream.  Within the arches are spillways to reduce the resistance to flood-waters and no doubt a key reason this magnificent bridge is still here.  A remarkable survival!