Newport Arch

Newport Arch
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A 3rd-century Roman gate in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, serving as the north gate of Lindum Colonia and carrying Ermine Street northward toward York. The original structure featured a central carriageway flanked by two pedestrian arches and semi-circular towers, rising to 26 ft above ground level. It is the oldest arch in Britain still used by daily traffic, a Scheduled Monument and Grade I listed building. In 1964, a lorry struck the arch, causing the crown to collapse, requiring almost the entire arch ring to be reconstructed between May and August of that year.

TypeGate/archway/bridge
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryEngland
Coordinates53.2373° N, 0.5381° W

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