The Pont du Gard is a bridge which still stands and was part of
the aqueduct which supplied water to the city of Nemausus (Nimes)
in southern France. It is the greatest example of a Roman
multi-pier bridge. The Romans built two or three tiers of arches on
top of each other when they needed a bridge to reach a great
height.
The Pont du Gard has three tiers of recessed arches with the
main piers in line one above the other. The first two tiers have
very high and wide arches and a third tier has low and narrow
arches. It was built to carry an aqueduct to Nimes in southern
France. It reaches a height of 48.8 metres (160 feet). The lower
tier is 142 metres (466 feet) long and has six aches with a height
of 22 metres (72 ft.). The second tier is 242 metres (794 ft.) long
and has eleven arches 20 metres (66 ft.) high. The upper tier is
275 metre (902 ft.) long. It originally had 47 arches (only 35 have
survived) 7 metres (23 ft.) high. The width of the first pier is 6
metres (20th.), that of the second pier is 4 metres (13 ft.) and
that of the third pier is 3 metres (23 ft.).