The so-called 'Roman bridge' is nothing more than a mid-18th century reconstruction following the collapse, after yet another flood, of the entire central part, formerly supported by a single large arch. The construction visible today, with four arches, corresponds to the reconstruction completed by Neapolitan naval engineers, coordinated by the architect Vanvitelli, sent here by King Charles III of Bourbon.
The information regarding the 18th century reconstruction is transcribed in the documents kept in the 'Regia Dogana delle Pecore' section of the State Archives of Foggia
The 'new' structure certainly followed the position of the bridge built on the Via Traiana, at the beginning of the 2nd century, but almost nothing remains of that phase, due to the various modifications and reconstructions, which had already taken place in the Aragonese period and ended with the excavations of the Allied troops during the Second World War.
The information regarding the eighteenth-century reconstruction is transcribed in the documents preserved in the 'Regia Dogana delle Pecore' section of the State Archives of Foggia
The ‘new’ structure certainly followed the position of the bridge built on the Via Traiana, at the beginning of the 2nd century, but almost nothing remains of that phase, due to the various modifications and renovations, which had already taken place in the Aragonese period and ended with the excavations of the Allied troops during the Second World War.