The Bridge at Alcántara
Extremadura, Spain
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The Bridge at Alcántara
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The Roman bridge at Alcántara carries the road from Augusta Emerita to Bracara Augusta over the Tagus: 194 metres long, 58.2 metres high, six arches of unequal height on five piers rising from different levels of rock. The central arch names Trajan and the towns that paid for it. It has been repaired by Charles V and by others, and until very recently it was still carrying about 237,000 vehicles a year — an unrepeatable piece of Roman engineering doing daily work as a road bridge. A replacement opened on 20 October 2025 and finally took the traffic off it.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Walk across it and work out that until 2025 this was a functioning road bridge carrying 237,000 vehicles a year
2
of 5
Stand at river level and look up 58.2 metres at piers that start from different heights of bare rock
3
of 5
Find the inscription on the central arch naming Trajan and the towns that contributed to the cost
4
of 5
Work out where the road went: Augusta Emerita to Bracara Augusta, through country Rome wanted for its metals
5
of 5
Look at the new bridge opened on 20 October 2025 and work out what taking the lorries off has bought
Walk across it and work out that until 2025 this was a functioning road bridge carrying 237,000 vehicles a year
Stand at river level and look up 58.2 metres at piers that start from different heights of bare rock
Find the inscription on the central arch naming Trajan and the towns that contributed to the cost
Work out where the road went: Augusta Emerita to Bracara Augusta, through country Rome wanted for its metals
Look at the new bridge opened on 20 October 2025 and work out what taking the lorries off has bought
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Challenge XP
275 XP
Spain country bonus
+100 XP
Potential total
375 XP
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