. The life of the Greeks and Romans. s a bridge of this kindnear Mykense, and another similar one near Phlius the coveringsof which consisted of blocks of stone. Wider rivers were crossed by a mode of structure which wehave mentioned in connection with the openings of gates andwalls. The layers of stones were pushed gradually towards eachother from both sides, and when the space between was thussufficiently diminished it was covered by slabs of stone, or rafters,laid across. This system is used in a bridge between Pylos and Methone, near the villageof Metaxidi, in Messenia(Fig. 82). Only the l
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. s a bridge of this kindnear Mykense, and another similar one near Phlius the coveringsof which consisted of blocks of stone. Wider rivers were crossed by a mode of structure which wehave mentioned in connection with the openings of gates andwalls. The layers of stones were pushed gradually towards eachother from both sides, and when the space between was thussufficiently diminished it was covered by slabs of stone, or rafters,laid across. This system is used in a bridge between Pylos and Methone, near the villageof Metaxidi, in Messenia(Fig. 82). Only the lowerlayers are antique; thearch is of later date. A complicated andwell-calculated structureis the bridge across theriver Pamisos in is placed where asmaller river falls into theriver Pamisos, and consists of three parts, one of which liestowards Messene, the second towards Megalopolis, and the thirdtowards Franco Eclissia (Andania). (See plan, Fig. 83, and view,Fig. 84) The front parts of the pillars of the two branches. Fig. 83. Fig. 84. crossing the two rivers are pointed, so as to break the force of thewaves. The piece a in Fig. 83 is illustrated by Fig. 85 ; it showsone smaller opening which is covered with straight pieces of stone,while the larger opening shows the gradual approach of the layers.
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