Roman Bridge Augusta Treverorum (Treves)

The bridge's history began around 17 BC with an initial wooden structure, a pile-supported bridge, whose timbers were dendrochronologically dated. A first stone bridge followed around 45 AD, a short distance downstream. The visible piers of the third bridge were constructed between 144 and 152 AD. These piers, made of basalt and bluestone ashlar, sourced partly from the area of the former Hohe Buche volcano, were pointed upstream to withstand floods and ice. Originally, they supported a wooden roadway. The current stone arching was added in the Middle Ages between 1190 and 1490. In 1689, the bridge was blown up by French troops but was restored between 1716 and 1718 under the Electorate of Trier's court carpenter, Johann Georg Judas.