Editing Roman bridge (section)

=== Brick bridges ===
Although [[Roman brick]]s were used to build many bridges, they were far more commonly used to build aqueducts. Bridges built from bricks were rare as bricks often failed to survive [[erosion]].<ref name=":112">{{Cite book |last1=Yegül |first1=Fikret |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G8CkDwAAQBAJ&dq=Brick+bridges+Roman&pg=PA153 |title=Roman Architecture and Urbanism: From the Origins to Late Antiquity |last2=Favro |first2=Diane |date=2019-09-05 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-47071-1 |pages=153 |language=en}}</ref> The brick bridges that were built were generally used by the [[Military of ancient Rome|military]], and they used construction techniques called ''[[opus vittatum]]'' and ''[[opus mixtum]]'', the latter alternating rows of bricks in ''[[opus reticulatum]]''.<ref name="bove" /> Examples are bridges in [[Carmona, Spain|Carmona]], [[Palomas, Badajoz|Palomas]], [[Extremadura]], and the [[Ponte del Chianche|Ponte della Chianche]] in Italy. One brick bridge in [[Ticino]], [[Switzerland]], has stone arches and brick spandrels.<ref name="troyano" /> Bricks were sometimes used to create parts of bridges, such as [[Vault (architecture)|vaults]], piers with [[welding joint]]s, and brick and [[Mortar and pestle|mortar]] [[rubble]].<ref name="beall" />