page_title: Trajan's Bridge
section_title: Destruction and remains
hierarchical_section_title: Trajan's Bridge / Destruction and remains
caption_attribution_description: Română: Ruina monumentului antic Podul lui Traian, construit de arhitectul Apolodor din Damasc. Aflat pe malul românesc al Dunării, în orașul Drobeta-Turnu Severin, lângă calea ferată (nevizibilă din această perspectivă, însă aflată la câțiva metri în spatele peretelui de beton), piciorul podului este în prezent încastrat într-o cuvă de beton, menită a-l proteja de ridicarea nivelului Dunării care a avut loc în urma construirii barajului și hidrocentralei Porțile de Fier I. Poza a fost făcută pe 19 august 2009, dinspre Dunăre spre parcul Muzeului Regiunii Porţilor de Fier.English: The ancient ruin of a pier of Trajan's Bridge on the Romanian shore of the Danube, at Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It is presently surrounded by a square concrete compound which was built to protect it from the rise of the water level following the construction of the Iron Gate I dam. In the background, a few meters away from the concrete wall and not visible, the railway track which connects Orșova to Craiova.Deutsch: Die Ruine eines Pfeilers der antiken Trajansbrücke, auf dem rumänischen Ufer der Donau, bei Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Rund um die Ruine wurde eine quadratische Betonwand gebaut, um sie vor dem steigenden Pegel der Donau zu schützen, als das Kraftwerk Eisernes Tor 1 gebaut wurde. Im Hintergrund (nicht sichtbar) ist das Eisenbahngleis welches parallel zur Donau verlaufend Orșova mit Craiova verbindet. This is a photo of a historic monument in județul Mehedinți, classified with number MH-I-m-A-10047.04
context_page_description: Trajan's Bridge, also called Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube, was a Roman segmental arch bridge, the first bridge to be built over the lower Danube and one of the greatest achievements in Roman architecture. Though it was only functional for 165 years, it is often considered to be the longest arch bridge in both total and span length for more than 1,000 years.
  The bridge was constructed in 105 AD by instruction of Emperor Trajan by Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus before his Second Dacian War to allow Roman troops to cross the river.
context_section_description: The wooden superstructure of the bridge was dismantled by Trajan's successor, Hadrian, presumably in order to protect the empire from barbarian invasions from the north. The superstructure was destroyed by fire.
  The remains of the bridge reappeared in 1858 when the level of the Danube hit a record low due to the extensive drought. The twenty pillars were still visible. 
  In 1906, the Commission of the Danube decided to destroy two of the pillars that were obstructing navigation. 
  In 1932, there were 16 pillars remaining underwater, but in 1982 only 12 were mapped by archaeologists; the other four had probably been swept away by water. Only the entrance pillars are now visible on either bank of the Danube, one in Romania and one in Serbia.
  In 1979, Trajan's Bridge was added to the Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance, and in 1983 on Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance list, and by that it is protected by the Republic of Serbia.
caption: The ruins in 2009, surrounded by a square concrete compound which was built to protect the monument from the rise of the water level following the construction of the Iron Gate I dam, Romania.
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