Ponte Emilio

The Pons Aemilius (Ponte Rotto) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, originally built in wood and rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC[1]. It spanned the Tiber, connecting the Forum Boarium (the Roman cattle market) on the east bank with Trastevere on the west[1]. Today, only a single arch survives in the middle of the river, which gives the bridge its name Ponte Rotto ("Broken bridge")[1].