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Alcántara Bridge
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<p>The Alcántara Bridge (also known as Trajan's Bridge at Alcantara) is a <a href="/facts/Roman_bridge/8osCfVKm">Roman bridge</a> at <a href="/facts/Alc%25C3%25A1ntara/rm3tQLnt">Alcántara</a>, in <a href="/facts/Extremadura/RMkwR0bW">Extremadura</a>, <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>. Alcántara is from the <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a> word <i>al-Qantarah</i> (القنطرة) meaning "the arch". The stone <a href="/facts/Arch_bridge/oGQeFjp2">arch bridge</a> was built over the <a href="/facts/Tagus/CPNWdzQx">Tagus River</a> between 104 and 106 AD by an order of the <a href="/facts/Roman_emperor/sT4nFc67">Roman emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Trajan/Q6n5uj1q">Trajan</a> in 98. </p>