Built to Last

You cringe, close your eyes, gasp, and think of the worst. That truck can’t cross that bridge, it’s 2000 years old! But wait, it’s not turning back and is indeed crossing. Two millennia later, goods are still crossing the 71-meter (231-foot) high  bridge that spans the Tagus river, just shy of what is now the border with Portugal. Nature aside, the old timer has had its adversaries. First the Arabs tried to destroy it then the Portuguese, even the proper Spanish blew up a piece to stop the French. Makes it clear that the Romans were the first to come up with the motto, BUILT TO LAST.

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Originally published on Trazzler