趙州橋
趙州橋
趙州橋又名安濟(jì)橋，全名趙州安濟(jì)橋，俗稱大石橋。位于河北省州縣城南大石橋村，是一座單孔腹式坦拱石拱橋。建于隋開皇十一至十九年（公園591至599年），匠師李春建造。由28道拱圈縱向并列組建而成。全長64米，跨徑3.02米，主供兩端靠橋堍的兩個腹拱跨徑2.85米。以工程艱巨，技術(shù)精良，歷史悠久而聞名于世，又是頌道：“車馬人千里，乾坤此一橋；良工玄絕代，巧構(gòu)稱殊標(biāo)。”堪稱“天下第一橋”。1961年國務(wù)院公布為第一批全國重點文物保護(hù)單位。
Located 2.5km to the south of zhaoxian couty ( the old name is zhaozhou) in Hebei Province, the Zhaozhou Bridge is the existing earlist and best preserved single span open spandrel circulartone segmental arch bridge with the largest span.The bridge, originally named the Anji bridge and popu;arly named as the Large stone bridge, was built in 591-599 A..D. The bridge is 64.4m long and 9m wide. The main arch was laid longitudinally with 28 parallel arch ribs. Above each of the main arch ring there are two small arches. On both sides of the radway there are stone balustrades. Though it underwent 14 destructive earthquakes, serveral floods and war fire, the bridge remains lofty and solid. It is praised as one of four famous historical wonders in north China.
（摘自：中國橋譜）
